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Gas vs PSD
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In my opinion, it's all about girth.
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I carry a Springfield 45XD but I take a risk to do it. The 9mm is probably better than the .45 simply because you really only want to shoot the loser coming through your door. It may take a couple rounds to stop him, but the 9mm does a fine job of that and the coroner can dig the rounds out of his dead corpse. The .45 will probably stop him faster but I may take out my neighbor walking his dog on the sidewalk after justice is performed on the intruder. If I shoot 2 rounds, I may get his dog too.
In my opinion, it's all about girth.
In my opinion, it's all about girth.
Wont a slower, wider round go through less flesh before stopping ?
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Ha! The american .45 military pistol was developed after some Polynesian Wars, where the opposition was really doped up to the point that they couldn't feel anything. When I was on active duty we were told the design objective of the .45 was to drop a cow to its knees with a single shot. Don't know how true that is though because we never shot any cows.....
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I carry a Springfield 45XD but I take a risk to do it. The 9mm is probably better than the .45 simply because you really only want to shoot the loser coming through your door. It may take a couple rounds to stop him, but the 9mm does a fine job of that and the coroner can dig the rounds out of his dead corpse. The .45 will probably stop him faster but I may take out my neighbor walking his dog on the sidewalk after justice is performed on the intruder. If I shoot 2 rounds, I may get his dog too.
In my opinion, it's all about girth.
In my opinion, it's all about girth.
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When somebody compared a 7.3 to a cartridge and it went to a .380 and then he said what is the zero for and I said a .380 was like a baby nine.
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Here is what is good about the .380.....I know, my hand is dirty. Maybe we will get back to the all-important gasser VS diesel thread but this is pretty interesting.
Smallest and lightest pistol made.
Smallest and lightest pistol made.
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Actually a Derringer is smaller but this Kel-tec holds 6+1 in the chamber. I used to carry it in a holster in my front pocket in Oregon when I was taking pictures down by the river in Portland at night. (spooky there). It is 5.2" long and weighs 8.3 oz.
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Remember bill you gave up 4 pages ago...
The 460 Ford is more like this.
The Mighty 44 Magnum I sure miss mine...
