I don’t remember where I read it, but I think it was in one of Ayoob’s books where a guy emptied his gun in a big brute who was attacking him.
Every bullet hit a vital area and the attacker died.
But before he died, he beat the fellow who shot him to death.
As I recall, he shot him with a .38.
Three morals to the story.
You can get beat to death with bare hands.
Carry a big caliber, loaded with HP’s.
Try to break the pelvis.
The X-ring or the 9 ring are not the best areas, regardless of what you have been taught.
The bottom of the 7 ring is the best spot.
Unless you can hit between the eyes every single time.
And you can’t.
When I was a range control officer at Ft Leavenworth KS, I met a granny who was so accurate with a .22 she could call the eye in a full size target at 25 yards (yes yards, not feet). Turns out she was an OSS operative during WWII.
Nicest little lady you could meet - DAMN scary accurate. In all my life I only met one person who as as good as she was and he was a Major with Delta.
Rules of a gunfight:
1) gun beats no gun
2) fast beats slow
3) accuracy beats caliber
4) caliber beats velocity
5) Many holes beat one hole