Wardogs Loadout
Pistol
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GGX 17 vs M1911

The GGX 17 fires 9x19mm, the M1911 fires .45 ACP.

Both are pistols. The figures below come from the game's own damage tables, worked out on a chest shot against two reference targets: no armor, and a level 4 plate. Nothing here is an opinion about what to carry.

Measured side by side

MeasureGGX 17M1911
Damage per roundchest, unarmored target25.434.7
Shots to killchest, unarmored target43
Time to killchest, unarmored target0.28 s
Damage per roundchest, level 4 plate8.912.1
Shots to killchest, level 4 plate129
Time to killchest, level 4 plate1.12 s
Rounds per minuteas shipped430
Effective rangemetres50 m50 m

A chest shot and two armor tiers is a slice, not the whole answer: a head shot, a limb, a level 2 plate or a different round all move these numbers. Lethality lets you set all of it and shoot the target yourself.