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Why the snubbing of small caliber ammo?
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<blockquote data-quote="Aries" data-source="post: 3291298" data-attributes="member: 44328"><p>This is partially true, partially not.</p><p></p><p>A more powerful round gives you a bigger margin of error. A shot through the heart with a .380 will kill someone just as dead as a shot through the heart with a .44 mag. But a shot through a lung with a .44 might be just as good as a shot through the heart with a .380.</p><p></p><p>Shot placement is rarely perfect, more powerful cartridges are an advantage if shot placement isn't perfect. That's what I mean when I say more powerful cartridges are more forgiving.</p><p></p><p>The more power the better, but not beyond what you can control. And again, it's a compromise. The best defense cartridge is 50 BMG, but it's not practical. So you sacrifice some power to carry something practical.</p><p></p><p>This is not to dissuade you from a .380, if you are confident with that. It will do the job, but shot placement is more important with it than with larger/more powerful calibers. But it's important to some degree with any caliber.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aries, post: 3291298, member: 44328"] This is partially true, partially not. A more powerful round gives you a bigger margin of error. A shot through the heart with a .380 will kill someone just as dead as a shot through the heart with a .44 mag. But a shot through a lung with a .44 might be just as good as a shot through the heart with a .380. Shot placement is rarely perfect, more powerful cartridges are an advantage if shot placement isn't perfect. That's what I mean when I say more powerful cartridges are more forgiving. The more power the better, but not beyond what you can control. And again, it's a compromise. The best defense cartridge is 50 BMG, but it's not practical. So you sacrifice some power to carry something practical. This is not to dissuade you from a .380, if you are confident with that. It will do the job, but shot placement is more important with it than with larger/more powerful calibers. But it's important to some degree with any caliber. [/QUOTE]
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