An Alternate Look at Handgun Stopping Power

Buckeye Firearms Association ^ | 8 July,2011 | Greg Ellifritz

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Do you carry it inside the waistband? :)

Not enough room, if you divine my drift.

[Cheetahcat]

Thank you for posting this thread!

[ASA Vet]

Your wife's browning takes a clip?

[trebb]

Yep -it takes a clip and fits in her purse much better than the clip you pictured :-) - I prefer for her to remain standing and the perp to be the one going down if she has to fire a weapon...

[ASA Vet]

What model is it. I'd like to google up an image of a clip for it.

Seems like a magazine change would be easier and faster.

[Total Package]

You have one happy wife.

[Squantos]

.....:o)

[Verbosus]

Great info - and very interesting.
Thanks,
-V.

[Mouton]

They have to be because every round that misses has a lawyer attached to it.

[hiredhand]

Ah yes...this debate again. :-) Here's my standard answer! - :-)

[algernonpj]

Thanks for the post.

[SgtHooper]

A waist-belt mounted claymore would be handy for that close-in work.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

You have one happy wife.

Yes, she's into howitzers too.

[mouser]

There is this .50 cal called 50 GI feels and looks like the old 45 auto

http://www.guncrafterindustries.com/model1_50gi.shtml

[MikeSteelBe]

Thanks for the correction.

[MikeSteelBe]

The only way a .45 will take a man of his feet is a physiological reaction to being shot. I have witnessed the test of an armor trauma plate on a vest where a man took a 7.62 NATO to the canter of mass, and he barely budged. He was ready and positioned like a boxer to take the shot.

Slow and heavy are also extremely poor choices for short barreled concealment handguns. Velocity bleeds off rapidly, and I have done testing where .45 caliber rounds tumbled in the test medium because they failed to stabilize in an extremely short barreled weapon.

[count-your-change]

I was thinking of the S&W revolver but big cannon is big cannon.

[Eaker]

Ping!

[Eaker]

Very neat!

[Salvavida]

I carry a .45 because they don’t make a .46 -—> but the data on the .357 is most impressive.

I’m wondering if there are variables between revolvers and automatics?

-Does the lack of having to “rack” a round into the chamber, or switching the safe off; cause better shot placement?

-Do revolver carriers generally have higher confidence and training?

-Are revolver carries (specifically .357) more likely to use custom loads because of their limited ammo capacity?

Interesting data.