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Marines Choose 9mm Glock 19 OVER .45 ACP 1911 for Special Operators
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<blockquote data-quote="HiredHand" data-source="post: 2913454" data-attributes="member: 2469"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/alternate-look-handgun-stopping-power" target="_blank">http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/alternate-look-handgun-stopping-power</a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>An Alternate Look at Handgun Stopping Power</strong></span></p><p>3:00PM FRIDAY, JULY 08, 2011</p><p>by Greg Ellifritz</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Some interesting findings:</strong></span></p><p>I think the most interesting statistic is the percentage of people who stopped with one shot to the torso or head. There wasn't much variation between calibers. Between the most common defensive calibers (.38, 9mm, .40, and .45) there was a spread of only eight percentage points. No matter what gun you are shooting, you can only expect a little more than half of the people you shoot to be immediately incapacitated by your first hit. The average number of rounds until incapacitation was also remarkably similar between calibers. All the common defensive calibers required around 2 rounds on average to incapacitate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HiredHand, post: 2913454, member: 2469"] [SIZE=6][B][URL]http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/alternate-look-handgun-stopping-power[/URL][/B] [B][/B] [B]An Alternate Look at Handgun Stopping Power[/B][/SIZE] 3:00PM FRIDAY, JULY 08, 2011 by Greg Ellifritz [SIZE=3][B]Some interesting findings:[/B][/SIZE] I think the most interesting statistic is the percentage of people who stopped with one shot to the torso or head. There wasn't much variation between calibers. Between the most common defensive calibers (.38, 9mm, .40, and .45) there was a spread of only eight percentage points. No matter what gun you are shooting, you can only expect a little more than half of the people you shoot to be immediately incapacitated by your first hit. The average number of rounds until incapacitation was also remarkably similar between calibers. All the common defensive calibers required around 2 rounds on average to incapacitate. [/QUOTE]
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