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6 Dead, Dying, and Soon-To-Be-Obsolete Handgun Cartridges
fieldandstream.com ^ | May 14, 2021 | Richard Mann

Posted on 05/24/2021 11:30:29 AM PDT by PROCON

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To: coloradan

Then there’s the guy who built an AK-47 receiver from a shovel . . .

https://thechive.com/2012/12/06/apparently-you-can-make-an-ak-47-out-of-just-about-anything-25-photos/


61 posted on 05/24/2021 12:47:28 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: waterhill

The only way you’ll shoot a man in the ear is if you sneak up behind him.

Or hidden in a bush with a rifle.

And that’s not defense.


62 posted on 05/24/2021 12:47:47 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: cuban leaf

You heard wrong...from someone who doesn’t know.


63 posted on 05/24/2021 12:49:15 PM PDT by Osage Orange (DRT)
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To: KeyLargo
"Have a S&W and SIG in that caliber."

I also have a SIG 229 in 40. The nice thing is a quick barrel change and the P-229 will accommodate the SIG 357.

64 posted on 05/24/2021 12:49:58 PM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: DarthVader

Cool.

I really like that little cannon.


65 posted on 05/24/2021 12:50:31 PM PDT by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdzcm,.dadfjl,dz )
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To: Mariner

“It’d take a whole lot of silk to stop a 9mm. Denim and leather however has been found by FBI studies to stop 9mm bullets or at least reduce the velocity enough that lethal penetration is impossible. A good thick winter coat is almost a bullet proof jacket against a low end 9mm.”

From here: https://www.quora.com/How-many-cotton-t-shirts-would-I-need-to-wear-to-stop-a-9mm-bullet-shot-from-a-pistol

And here is more: https://www.m4carbine.net/archive/index.php/t-129949.html

I’ve also heard that some windshields will deflect a 9mm round. This sort of thing is why I almost didn’t go 9mm. Almost. :)


66 posted on 05/24/2021 12:51:53 PM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: Magnum44

I saw 10mm on the shelf today at Cabela’s and one 1000 round box of 55 grain .223. I agree, .40 isn’t going anywhere.


67 posted on 05/24/2021 12:53:26 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: FreedomPoster
Then there’s the guy who built an AK-47 receiver from a shovel . . .

I've got a satellite dish support tube out in the garage, that I figure will make a dandy AR lower (probably a lot less work than using a shovel ;^)...

68 posted on 05/24/2021 12:53:55 PM PDT by Who is John Galt? (Joe & Jill went up the hill to screw the country over...)
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To: Magnum44
I think you're right. I don't own anything chambered in 40 S&W, I don't even particularly like it. But I do recognize it's popularity and unique traits. There are a lot of people who love it.

I'd be sad if 32 ACP goes away entirely. I have an heirloom Colt chambered in that.

I suspect the writer included 40 S&W just for controversy and to get his story more notice.

69 posted on 05/24/2021 12:55:24 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Biden/Harris - illegitimate and everyone knows it.)
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To: Mariner

I said nothing about blood.

I know it is not considered a man killer, but placed right it will.


70 posted on 05/24/2021 12:58:09 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Osage Orange

I think it’s one of those things that is possible, but highly unlikely.


71 posted on 05/24/2021 12:58:49 PM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: ETCM

357 Sig is an orphan cartridge. Not many people want it or ask for it.


72 posted on 05/24/2021 1:01:13 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,)
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To: FreedomPoster

Now, That is a cowboy engineering project. Smile.

AK’s are know for reliability, not beauty.


73 posted on 05/24/2021 1:01:41 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: cuban leaf

Nothing but conjecture at those links.

From somebody who “heard it” too.

Rationally analyze the physics:

124gr, .355 bullet traveling at 1200fps.


74 posted on 05/24/2021 1:04:30 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

Of course, an eye shot will smoke a bastard. Not advocating that.


75 posted on 05/24/2021 1:05:23 PM PDT by waterhill (Homegrown Tomatoes~Guy Clark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TWwyhCVBDg)
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To: PROCON

I am just glad to see the .45 Colt is not on that list. I have no clue how Cowboy Action Shooting has survived the Covid shutdowns. Are they still active or is everybody hunkered down at the Saloon and still waiting?


76 posted on 05/24/2021 1:07:53 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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To: cuban leaf; Mariner
I’ve heard that you can stop a 9mm with a lot of layers of clothing.

It is actually true.

It just needs to be about 20 feet thick, of layered clothing.

77 posted on 05/24/2021 1:10:16 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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To: PROCON

The .41 Magnum, like the 16 gauge, will always be a niche/cult thing.


78 posted on 05/24/2021 1:14:02 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Seruzawa

Another one is that 25 ACP. Nearly all of the 22,000 Polish officers murdered by the Soviets were shot once with a Walther model 8 in .25 ACP. The main executioner used several of these Walthers so it could be blamed on Germans and because he liked them.


79 posted on 05/24/2021 1:14:40 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: PROCON; All
”You’d have to be pretty optimistic to rely on a .25 Auto for self defense. “

Most of us are not fans of the caliber, but this comment is stupid. Typical of a guy with an undersized package.

80 posted on 05/24/2021 1:16:05 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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