Calibers For Self Defense - Suarez

[You'll shoot your eye out]

I carry .357 magnum. I always wanted a .454 Casull.......... Then I saw .600 Nitro Express. The guy at the gun shop says that American Derringer Will bore you a derringer for any caliber you ask for.......... So, these are not good ideas?

 

[BehindBlueI's]

I carry .357 magnum. I always wanted a .454 Casull.......... Then I saw .600 Nitro Express. The guy at the gun shop says that American Derringer Will bore you a derringer for any caliber you ask for.......... So, these are not good ideas?

.45-70 Derringer Shooting - YouTube

 

[You'll shoot your eye out]

.45-70 Derringer Shooting - YouTube

AAAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did you see the slo-mo? The impulse ripple rolled up his arms, rattled his head and continued to his hips! I WANT ME SOME!

Just proves that the truth is stranger than fiction.

 

[Roscoe38]

There is an article in the latest issue of Gun Digest magazine on stopping power of the various calibers and how many rounds it takes to stop a bad guy. The author has put a lot of hours into the article. Being an ex L.E.O. and attending as many autopsies as possible.

He finds about a 5% difference in the Big 4....380, 9mm, 40, and 45 and they all took more than 2 rounds to put a man down.

 

[Redhorse]

There is an article in the latest issue of Gun Digest magazine on stopping power of the various calibers and how many rounds it takes to stop a bad guy. The author has put a lot of hours into the article. Being an ex L.E.O. and attending as many autopsies as possible.

He finds about a 5% difference in the Big 4....380, 9mm, 40, and 45 and they all took more than 2 rounds to put a man down.

So...basically shows what I've always thought about caliber, use what you want and what you like.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

There is an article in the latest issue of Gun Digest magazine on stopping power of the various calibers and how many rounds it takes to stop a bad guy. The author has put a lot of hours into the article. Being an ex L.E.O. and attending as many autopsies as possible.

He finds about a 5% difference in the Big 4....380, 9mm, 40, and 45 and they all took more than 2 rounds to put a man down.

Which issue? July 15? I'd like to take a look at the article and see their methodology.

I looked at the June 30 issue online for the article on calibers and began discounting the author (Dave Workman) when said he alternated HP and FMJ in his 1911 because it addresses "both feeding and penetration concerns". Apparently cartridges that don't feed properly are ok if you only use them every other round. At least then you are only doing your malfunction drill every other round, right? Inadequate penetration is also fine as long as its every other round, you'll get him with the next one, right? There's plenty of good choices in .45 ACP that feed reliably and penetrate adequately, especially out of a 5" barrel.

When you have to have something new to say every few weeks on a topic that really doesn't see much in the way of advances on a monthly basis, well, this is the result.

 

[cedartop]

Which issue? July 15? I'd like to take a look at the article and see their methodology.

I looked at the June 30 issue online for the article on calibers and began discounting the author (Dave Workman) when said he alternated HP and FMJ in his 1911 because it addresses "both feeding and penetration concerns". Apparently cartridges that don't feed properly are ok if you only use them every other round. At least then you are only doing your malfunction drill every other round, right? Inadequate penetration is also fine as long as its every other round, you'll get him with the next one, right? There's plenty of good choices in .45 ACP that feed reliably and penetrate adequately, especially out of a 5" barrel.

When you have to have something new to say every few weeks on a topic that really doesn't see much in the way of advances on a monthly basis, well, this is the result.

You saw that too? I won't read any more Workman stuff after that.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

You saw that too? I won't read any more Workman stuff after that.

Ran across it trying to find the article Roscoe is talking about. I don't subscribe to any of the gun magazines any longer but can access gun digest in its e-version. I'm downloading the July 15 one now, once its my Kindle I'll see if its in that one.

**on edit**

Got the July 15 edition and don't see it in that one either.

 

[EAS]

The biggest thing for me is mechanics. As long as they are good I'm accurate from .22lr to the Xdm .45 I carry. How that translates to a real life situation I don't know and I hope I never have to find out but I'll keep practicing.

 

[cigarman454]

Good read. Thank you Sir.