There's a story behind the Browning High 9. And one reason why I'm not a fan of the 9mm. Granted 9mm ammunition has improved and developed over the last couple of decades. I still prefer my Para Odinance Double Stack 1911 45 ACP.
When the Browning Hi-9 first came on the market a police officer, who was also a firearms fanatic, when out and purchased one for his duty firearm.
That same night or a couple of nights later when he started his shift. He responded to a domestic disturbence. Seems a guy twice the officers size was weilding a baseball bat and hyped up on cocaine was threatening everyone in the apartment complex.
The officer called for back up, lucky for the officer. The perpetrator didn't yield to the initial officer's commands,headed toward the initial officer threatening the officer with bodily harm. The officer had little choice but to empty his 9 rounds of 9mm into the perpetrator. The 9 rounds that might have had some effect on any normal person had zero stopping effect on this guy.
As the perpetrator was swinging his bat toward the officer's head back up arrived and the assisting officer sent a 38 Special bullet into the perpetrators head stopping the attack and (fatally) neutralizing the situation.