Of course you're right. I should have phrased it better. A shot or two from a larger caliber like a .45 traveling at 950 ft per second, and especially the more powerful .45 loads that hit 1800 fps, would hit the BP vest wearer with the impact of being whacked with a steel pipe and stagger him, throw him off balance, and enough hits would knock him on his ass, especially if he was a little guy. Some dumbo here claimed that if that was so, then the shooter would also be knocked down by the impact of shooting said rounds, which is patently ridiculous and all you have to do to see the proof of how ludicrous it is, is to go a shooting range and watch some
petite ladies handling .45 pistols one-handed (don't even need to hold it with two hands to handle the recoil on regular or slightly lighter loads) and firing 12 gauge shotguns while handling the kick/recoil just fine.
The bullet does NOT hit the target with the same impact that the gun recoils on the shooter.
I understand what you’re saying, but I’m sorry, I’m just not convinced that a 45 ACP round will knock a man flat. I don’t buy it. I think even a cast bullet, fully mushroomed, wouldn’t be able to reliably do that.