I'd give it a shot.
Posted on 03/23/2018 5:57:54 AM PDT by w1n1
“In other words, the 98% number is probably low.”
It is. Other stats show a criminal shot with ANY caliber almost always stops the attack immediately.
“What kind of idiot lets a perp close to 20 feet before presenting his firearm. Nobody in real life.”
Go walk down a street in a city and count how many people pass within 20 feet of you. As you do it count how many MIGHT have had a gun or a knife on them. Go on, we will wait.
(Will you check my math for me?)
A .380 will result in a one-shot stop ~70% of the time, a .45 will result in a one-shot stop ~ 90% of the time:
http://www.chuckhawks.com/h...
Therefore a .380 will result in a successful DGU 98.0 + 2.0 x 0.7 = 99.4% of the time while a .45 will result in a successful DGU 98.0 + 2.0 x 0.9 = 99.8% of the time.
99.8 - 99.4 = 0.4 for a difference of 0.4%, which is statistically insignificant.
And you still have at least six shots left to improve the odds even more.
He definitely "sings the same song" about the Seecamps as I do -- but the poor guy lacks my Texas drawl... '-)
He mentioned a "hard" trigger pull. Mine was like that, but it was due to frictional drag. I filled it with the 3M "Finesse-It" final paint ultra-polishing slurry I use on my '65 Formula "S" Barracuda -- and sat around dry-firing it for several hours. Then, I flushed it clean and sprayed the interior with dry Teflon -- and dry-fired it and worked the action for a while.
Now. the only double action I've ever fired that was a smooth as my Seecamp's was that of a many K$$ super-custom competition revolver...
The .380 Seecamp's not something you shoot for fun -- but, if you ever really need it, I guarantee you'll never notice the recoil!
I'd give it a shot.
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