I shot a possum raiding my trash cans 9 times with a .30 carbine, had to come in the house and grab the old 10/22 to finish the poor little critter off.
The M1 carbine is a cool little rifle, but the cartridge is a joke. It is likely just hot enough to make a big man mad enough to kick your butt.
Well, something doesn’t add up, we hear all sorts of testimony to the effect that the .45 ACP is capable of smacking down the biggest baddest dudes with one hit but you tell us the carbine which is supposed to have twice the muzzle energy of the .45 ACP won’t kill a possum and is just enough to make a big man mad? Did you have some bad ammo or what? It can’t be both ways, what is going on here?