[RebelDawg]

handguns are anemic, defensive weapons. none of them have what could be called "knock-down" power. Put it this way- if the recoil is negligible, so is the terminal impact

WOW! You've never fired a .454 before have you ;-)

[SERE_DOC]

So you want knockdown power, I respectfully submit

Auto-Ordnance you can't beat Thompson!

NSWU8 Panama had a name for the issue 9mm Beretta (sp) jam-in-the-sand-Beretta, They use sig very nice but for 9mm I think you can't go wrong with H&K