https://www.buckeyefirearms.org/alternate-look-handgun-stopping-power
Even with a .22 LR pistol, 34% of hits are fatal. With a rifle, it’s 68%. If a group of thugs wants to try to rob a man who is proficient with the AR he is holding, I’m okay with that.
Note: I suspect the percent of shots that are fatal with handguns is determined by the typical proficiency of shooters who choose that caliber, rather than by the energy of the bullet. Muzzle energy determines how quickly the shot disables the thug or is fatal, while shot placement is what mostly determines what that outcome will be.
Not according to the chart at your link.
I agree with you completely. 4 well placed hits with a .22 LR will do a lot more damage that 4 misses with a .45.
That is why I love my Ruger MkI. I can keep it on target and put in group within in 1” at 10yds.
Oh, so by your statistics if I DO hit someone 4 times with a .22, do I have a 136% chance of it being fatal. I like the odds.