Another interesting study on carry cal...
 

Interesting read.

An Alternate Look at Handgun Stopping Power

Interesting!

can't open it from work...will need to do so when I get home...

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Check out the link below from Doctor Gary Roberts (DocGKR) and do a web search for (DocGKR) he is a wealth of knowledge...

Best Choices for Self Defense Ammo

The article pretty much is a study of SD shootings. Pretty much says that its all equal in the field as far as stopping threats.

Just finished reading it....interesting...not exactly in line with what I've seen for shootings...and I'm not quite sure what the shotgun has to say...but it is interesting that's for sure...

Just one more look at it. FWIW I don't take any "studys" to heart, you can pretty much twist it anyway you want to make your opinion come out on top. You never know who is trying to skew the results there way.

Sounds like it is more important to hit what you are aiming at no matter if you are using a bazooka or throwing stones!:bat:

I have FEDERAL HYDRA-SHOK & WINCHESTER SILVER-TIPS in my CZ-75, the HYDRA SHOK are in the gun's mag & the SILVER-TIPS are in the spare mag

230gr PMC Starfire in the 1911's, soon to be replaced with 230gr +P double tap gold dot's...

125gr Double Tap Gold Dot's in the 357Sig's.....

124+P Gold Dot's in the 9mm's...

.45 acp all the way.

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i also find it difficult to believe a .22 is more capable of incapacitating than a .44 MAGNUM. i've worked for serve pro for years and we get a lot of calls to clean up suicides and next to the ultra messy shotgun, .44 mag was the next most popular caliber we came across and about half the time the son's of bitches blew the same amount off. i just don't see how a .22 is a better stoper. anybody know how?

WetFart- My guess about the 44 to 22, would be that it is easier to shoot the 22 more accurately than the 44, and yes I do firmly believe that if shot placement is all the same, the 44 is unbelievably superior to the 22 against any critter 2 or 4 legs.

1st GSW I ever saw was a 44mag to the heart...the bullet punched a nice little hole in the heart...guy was still alive when we got there...he lived for a couple days...

44mag is primarily a hunting caliber & the bullet is designed to penatrate deep...it just punches through a human leaving a 44 caliber sized hole...from what I've read the 44mag is actually a rather weak human killer for that very reason, unless you use defensive ammo designed to go slower and open up at those slower speeds...

at the end of the link he talked about the psychological vs physical stop and i think thats what should really be taken from this article. call me crazy but id be willing to say that most people dont like to be shot so even a weak little 22 is enough to "scare" them off. dont get me wrong im not gunna go run into a really bad part of town with a 22 but when its the middle of summer and im just running to the store or gas station a 22 in the pocket is easier to hide than my 45 or 357

Re: Another interesting study on carry cal...
 

Yes Rampy, I guess I should have added "that with the proper loading" I feel the 44 is superior. You can't load something that is considered to be a high power round with a fmj and expect optimum results, those bullets may get the job done, but would definately not be my first choice, not sure if I said it on this site or another but I prefer hornady xtp bullets, now I don't have any experience with human shootings in any way, and hope I never do, but the variety of game animals that I have used them on makes me confident in them, now I don't have any gator experience, but what I've seen them do to groundhogs makes me think they would perform addmoreably if used for self defence.
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yep...

To kill/do damage you need to transfer as much energy as possible to your target. If you punch through at all your bullet did not put all its energy it had to the target, It kept some for itself.