Reasons to choose 9mm, .40, or .45?

[motosapiens]

can't understand why anyone would shoot minor in any division except production.

in singlestack, you get 2 extra rounds, and if you're the sort of person that hits almost all A's anyway, maybe it's more fun that way.

[GuildSF4]

Duh. My bad. Do a lot of people shoot minor in SS, or is it pretty much all major?

I was an RO at the WSSSC and if I recall correctly most of the shooters were shooting major (40 or 45) (>70 or 80%) relatively few minor shooters. (Of course we had a lot of rain which could have washed most of the minor shooters away.. )

[d_striker]

I didn't read through all of the responses so I apologize if I'm repeating information anyone else has already stated.

Get a .40! It's much more versatile for USPSA. You can shoot Limited and L-10 down the road even if it's not something that interests you now.

Also, .40 minor feels like cheating in Production. Shhhh, let's keep it our secret.

[d_striker]

40 is more versatile, and for old weak people like me it takes less physical force to resize the cases, and less dexterity to handle them. You do pay an extra 50-75 cents per box of 50 tho.

I personally shoot 40 in production because I'm over 50 years old and my wife is 34, and shooting 40 is a LOT more manly than shooting some euro-metrosexual-9mm nonsense. But there's probably a good reason that 9mm is the dominant caliber in production class (most production competitors don't have hot young wives).

Sir, you are my hero.

[kneelingatlas]

Why not all three? Do any of us only have ONE pistol?

[perrysho]

Opinion !

9MM is cheaper to re-load, .40 is easier to re-load. ( Dillon 650 with case feeder is a .40 loading machine )

Probally boils down to how thick your WALLET is.

Perry