[itsahoot]

“Used to be that Europeans were shooting Europeans with 9mm projectiles, until Johnny Yank showed up with his 1911 loosing .45 caliber slugs making Europeans deader than the 9mm (.355) ever did!”

There is a pawnshop that puts on all kinds of gun topic YouTube shows. I watched one the other day on Caliber and they stated that from all gun reports with actual shootings the caliber that got 93% one shot drop power was the 357 magnum, thought it was interesting.

[Terry L Smith]

Dear itsahoot,

I know of that pawn shop well, and also the loss of the VERY bearded One.

The .357 Magnum, as said by oldtimer Bill Jordan, thought that that revolver was a godsend.

Now, when i made the 9mm/1911 quote,Ii was NOT talking the average American citizen, although with the Luger P-08 coming on the scene, sort of dictated what the average European might use, if not a ‘mouse gun’ in 7.65 (PPK), or anything in ‘9mm short’ (.380).