I don’t disagree. However, definitely not a war crime.
Source: was infantry.
Tangentially, I disagree with your .45 or 10mm as well. Ballistics have come a long way and unless you need to defend from bears, the 9mm is wonderful, lighter, cheaper, and has a higher carry capacity.
Feral hogs will take multiple 9mm bullets and still fuck you up, and bears as you mentioned definitely call for large caliber rounds. Big cats, nah fam, I want stopping power. Ballistics don’t mean shit at defensive range. 9mm is fine for stopping the human animal, that’s what it was designed for, but it’s not enough when nature comes to say hello.
That’s fair. I don’t live in hog territory, forgot those fuckers exist. I also wouldn’t take a 9 into hog territory.
Edit: just for the conversation, unless I was hunting, thinking about this, I think I would take my 9 into hog territory. I would rather be able to carry more, on a platform I’m more accurate with, with a firearm that can poke more holes than the other. I wouldn’t bring defense ammo, I would have solid core/+P ammo, but, for every reason 9mm is more effective against the human animal is exactly why I’d want it in defense against the wild animals. Sans, a bear, and maybe a large cat, but that’s an interesting thought experiment, cause I’m not sure any firearm is going to be all that helpful against a cat, unless I manage to startle the cat before the cat is hunting me.
If I was hunting, ethically, I never would bring a 9, that’s fucked.
I don’t disagree. However, definitely not a war crime.
Source: was infantry.
Tangentially, I disagree with your .45 or 10mm as well. Ballistics have come a long way and unless you need to defend from bears, the 9mm is wonderful, lighter, cheaper, and has a higher carry capacity.
Feral hogs will take multiple 9mm bullets and still fuck you up, and bears as you mentioned definitely call for large caliber rounds. Big cats, nah fam, I want stopping power. Ballistics don’t mean shit at defensive range. 9mm is fine for stopping the human animal, that’s what it was designed for, but it’s not enough when nature comes to say hello.
That’s fair. I don’t live in hog territory, forgot those fuckers exist. I also wouldn’t take a 9 into hog territory.
Edit: just for the conversation, unless I was hunting, thinking about this, I think I would take my 9 into hog territory. I would rather be able to carry more, on a platform I’m more accurate with, with a firearm that can poke more holes than the other. I wouldn’t bring defense ammo, I would have solid core/+P ammo, but, for every reason 9mm is more effective against the human animal is exactly why I’d want it in defense against the wild animals. Sans, a bear, and maybe a large cat, but that’s an interesting thought experiment, cause I’m not sure any firearm is going to be all that helpful against a cat, unless I manage to startle the cat before the cat is hunting me.
If I was hunting, ethically, I never would bring a 9, that’s fucked.