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Unintended consequence of the 1994 ban:
1) Unimaginable proliferation of the 45ACP in the 1911 platform. If I can't have 17 rounds of 9mm I'll take 8 of 45ACP. That's what millions said with their wallets. Do you think for a second Kimber and Springfield Armory would have sold the numbers they have if it weren't for the 94 ban? Of course not. Spawned a glut of tremendous 1911 style pistols. Even Sig came to the market with the GSR and now has a very full line. S&W, Colt, etc... even Rock River has a 1911 to choose from. Before the 94 ban 1911's were not very "cool" or fashionable. Certainly were not machined to tolerances from the factory like they are now.
2) Helped drive the tech behind better behaving bullets. Obviously so did Miami FBI shootout. But the ban had a tremendous effect as well. We are now to the point that there is no discernible difference in killing stats through t the country between 9mm, 40, and 45ACP. We all have our fav rounds, but end of day, with a good SD round, it's all where the bullet is placed not the beginning size of it. Previously, 9mm would be a much weaker round. I did not mention 357Sig even though certain numbers, especially from NW SP show high percentage of kills simply because there are not enough shooting involved for it to be reliably compared to the other big 3.
What say you?
1) Unimaginable proliferation of the 45ACP in the 1911 platform. If I can't have 17 rounds of 9mm I'll take 8 of 45ACP. That's what millions said with their wallets. Do you think for a second Kimber and Springfield Armory would have sold the numbers they have if it weren't for the 94 ban? Of course not. Spawned a glut of tremendous 1911 style pistols. Even Sig came to the market with the GSR and now has a very full line. S&W, Colt, etc... even Rock River has a 1911 to choose from. Before the 94 ban 1911's were not very "cool" or fashionable. Certainly were not machined to tolerances from the factory like they are now.
2) Helped drive the tech behind better behaving bullets. Obviously so did Miami FBI shootout. But the ban had a tremendous effect as well. We are now to the point that there is no discernible difference in killing stats through t the country between 9mm, 40, and 45ACP. We all have our fav rounds, but end of day, with a good SD round, it's all where the bullet is placed not the beginning size of it. Previously, 9mm would be a much weaker round. I did not mention 357Sig even though certain numbers, especially from NW SP show high percentage of kills simply because there are not enough shooting involved for it to be reliably compared to the other big 3.
What say you?