Al about the .45

[PJgunner]

OK, the cartridge fired from the .45 automatic is the .45 ACP.
What's wrong with the .45 ACP for home defense? Not a darn thing.
A standard magazine holds 7 rounds and one up the spout makes 8. You can get 8 round magazines from Wilson that work just fine, and he also makes a 10 rounder, which, with one up the spout gives you 11 rounds.
If you want more rounds, Para-Ordnance make their P-14, with a 14 round mag and one up the spout, that's the same as the average 9mm with 15 round mag and a heck of a lot better round.
Handicap? Think about this. When cops got into gunfights and were carrying 6 shot revolvers, you didn't hear about 40 or more rounds fired at the bad guy. The cop usually got it done within the 6 rounds.
Now if there is a scenario at my house where the BG breaks in, the wife and I hole up in the bedroom with the door locked, the cell phone dialed to 911. Once contact is made with 911, I state loudly so the bad guy can hear me, that I have 911 on the line, I am armed, and if you enter the locked bedroom, I will shoot. The longest distance from me to the bedroom door in 22 feet. I do seroius practice with a Plain Jane Colt all steel Combat Commander stoked with 230 gr. Federal Hydra-shocks. The gun is no target gun by any means, but at 22 feet, I can do double taps that group within three inches. Most practice is with white box 230 gr. hardball, brass is reloaded with 200 gr. cast lead semi-wadcutters or 230 gr. cast round nose bullets.
There ain't no flies on the good old 1911 .45 ACP.
If you prefer a double action semi, take a look at the Sig-Sauer P-220. It outshoots my targer grade 1911 out of the box. Even Ruger makes a P90 in .45, if money is an issue.
Paul B.