Offering up the following for discussion and healthy interaction. Given all of the variables that come in to play, lets leave light weight revolvers out of this for another discussion and lets not focus on capacity (surely another rabbit hole and variable, for sure!). The foci here will be strictly semi-autos with consideration for weight only. So, lets get started:
I've been EDC'ing a little Ruger LCP for quite some time which comes in at a svelte ~10oz. but I started thinking that maybe I want to carry a micro-9 or even a micro-45. I've had a few of each from more than a few manufacturers, can hit where I'm aiming at (typically) and am not necessarily recoil sensitive. Now I know that there are those of you who can pocket carry a full-framed 1911, but I digress. Setting the LCP .380 as the baseline..........
In doing some quick research, micro9s seem to be coming in at the 17oz'ish range (Ruger LC9) and micro45s seem to be a bit more all over the map with the Kahr PM45 coming in at ~19oz (I did not come across a lighter .45 in my "research." So considering something in the 17oz range for a 9mm would translate to a 70% jump in weight compared to the .380 LCP) and something like the Kahr PM45 would represent a doubling of the weight from the LCP,
is there.........
1) a point where the extra oomph of a micro 9mm does not make up for the weight difference of the .380 LCP?
2) a point where the extra, extra oomph of a micro45 does not make up for the doubling of weight of the .380 LCP?
3) a point where..................you fill in the blank.
3) following up to Qs 1 and 2............where is that point then?
Again, positing for healthy debate...............lets have at it!
I've been EDC'ing a little Ruger LCP for quite some time which comes in at a svelte ~10oz. but I started thinking that maybe I want to carry a micro-9 or even a micro-45. I've had a few of each from more than a few manufacturers, can hit where I'm aiming at (typically) and am not necessarily recoil sensitive. Now I know that there are those of you who can pocket carry a full-framed 1911, but I digress. Setting the LCP .380 as the baseline..........
In doing some quick research, micro9s seem to be coming in at the 17oz'ish range (Ruger LC9) and micro45s seem to be a bit more all over the map with the Kahr PM45 coming in at ~19oz (I did not come across a lighter .45 in my "research." So considering something in the 17oz range for a 9mm would translate to a 70% jump in weight compared to the .380 LCP) and something like the Kahr PM45 would represent a doubling of the weight from the LCP,
is there.........
1) a point where the extra oomph of a micro 9mm does not make up for the weight difference of the .380 LCP?
2) a point where the extra, extra oomph of a micro45 does not make up for the doubling of weight of the .380 LCP?
3) a point where..................you fill in the blank.
3) following up to Qs 1 and 2............where is that point then?
Again, positing for healthy debate...............lets have at it!