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To: 2nd_Amendment_Defender
So where does a 454 with a 300 grain hollow point at 1600 fps rate ?
5 posted on 02/22/2003 8:48:49 PM PST by Centurion2000 (Take charge of your destiny, or someone else will)
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To: Centurion2000; wardaddy; Squantos; harpseal
What about the new S&W .50 caliber revolver?
7 posted on 02/22/2003 8:50:21 PM PST by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: Centurion2000
So where does a .454 with a 300 grain hollow point at 1600 fps rate?

If you're able to hit someone in the center of the chest with one of those rounds I am sure he will die. (You will probably not have hearing after the situation has ended and you have to buy a hearing aid for permanent ear damage.)

160 posted on 02/23/2003 12:37:10 PM PST by 2nd_Amendment_Defender
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To: Centurion2000
"454 with a 300 grain hollow point @ 1600 fps"

Should rate about a 350 on this scale. I would guess that means you could 1 shot stop about 7 bad guys if they stood in a column! That round can penetrate an elephant's skull. And the muzzle flash would bar-b-q it.
345 posted on 12/22/2003 6:53:16 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Part of the Vast Right Wing Apparatus since Ford lost. ><BCC>)
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To: Centurion2000

Rates as something you won’t be carrying;) Above the 44 Mag by about two times; but even that gun, unless you’re Dirty Harry, will not be something anyone will want to carry around - outside of using it as a ‘short rifle’ for hunting!


399 posted on 01/03/2016 1:57:08 PM PST by Firewagon
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Beware, possible flame war.... That 454 300 grainer @1600 fps carries about 1800 fpe. It also may as well be a single shot - follow up shots with those BIG boys is problematic, especially trying to hit anything stationary, let alone moving. Even if you are shooting a bear at close range, hopefully you have a backup weapons guy or a backup plan!

By contrast, my 10mm w/180 SGDHP, out of a 3.8” Glock barrel, hits 1250 fps w/625 fpe. Difference being, I can have four empty cases in the air at the same time, on target @10 yds, That’s 720 cumulative grains of ‘bonded’ bullets bringing 2500 cumulative foot pounds of energy with them! That same combination, btw, has accounted for at least one boar hog @30 yds (two shots) and one coyote (one shot) @110 yds, verified by a range finder.

Said all that to say, shoot what you shoot best, and NEVER expect the bad guy to STOP with one shot! That Boston clown soaked up eight (8) 40 caliber rounds (police shooters) and failed to expire before his brother ran him over with a car!!


400 posted on 01/03/2016 6:29:23 PM PST by Firewagon
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