![]() If you were to find yourself in gunfight, it'll be because a bad guy wants you dead. Rule 2: if Rule one is unavoidable, don't get shot. I live by Gunfighting Rule 1: The only assured way of surviving a gunfight is to not get in one. Unless a bad guy's CNS is decommissioned, you're gonna have to reduce his blood pressure to zero yesterday to assure that he'd stop putting rounds on you. I'd rather have penetration than expansion. If you have to shoot through a barrier to stop a bad guy, your wife might just be receiving flowers and consolation. I've never relied upon any hollow point to flower like advertisement mushrooms. 40 S&W and feel just as good were I carrying the latest version of Exceptional Expansion ammo from Acme Ammo and Casket Company. 45 ACP 230 grain ball and never felt the least bit slighted. ![]() I'm OK with the HP version of the FBI load, but I prefer the LSWC version. If I'm using 230 grain ball, I'd expect it to weigh 230 grains when recovered. While I have enough LE ammo to last me the rest of my life, I don't get nutted up over hollow points, esoteric ammo (Cor-Bon, etc), and other gimmick ammo (frangible). 45 ACP, but even scaled down versions of the 1911 are heavy. But I don't like minimum except for taxes, so I'd rather have a. While I don't want to digress to a cartridge debate, for me, the FBI load is minimum for saving my life. The best and most reliable handgun I own is a semiauto, and that includes Smith & Ruger revolvers.Īs far as cartridges go, remember that you're choosing one that will accord you maximum opportunity to save your life. Nealy all semiauto malfunctions can be cleared in a second or less. In the revolver failures that I've experienced, they were all catastrophic, meaning I was out of the fight. I can reload a semiauto in lest than half the time it takes to reload a revolver, and I can keep my eyes on my adversary(ies) while I'm reloading. Keeping in mind that self-defense is a very personal decision, you gotta go with what'll work best for you. Worse, you'll have to take your eyes off of a bad guy who's putting rounds on you in order to assure rounds in your speed loader align with chambers of your revolver's cylinder. However, revolvers take a long time to reload five or six more rounds. 38 Special +P or better has a better than decent chance of living to tell cops his heroic tale. And in a 1:1 scenario, and a good guy sportin' a revolver chambered for. I know that there are exceptionally good-quality wheel guns. Never go lesser quality on anything designed to keep you paying taxes.įor self-defense, nothing beats a good semiauto. Therefore, buy the best damned handgun you can afford. A ratio of 1:1 is bad odds for the good guy.Īt 10' or less, if your gun jams, you're probably looking at becoming property of your county's corner. That means you'll be up against a ratio of 2:1, or 3:1. If you're confronted by a bad guy, expect at least another bad guy in the vicinity. If the distance between a bad guy and you is favorable, run away as though you're running into Kate Upton's arms. A bad guy with his heart in shreds will still live 8 seconds, more than long enough to room temperature you. The distance between you and a bad guy who wants you at room temperature will be 10' or less. You can't run away, you can't hide: you have to fight to live. Here's my take: a concealed carry handgun is your last resort for saving your life. While helpful, with darn near 100% accuracy, they're not going to be helpful to you. I'm fixin' to pick up a dedicated concealed carry weapon. ![]() Assuming you can effective control it and accurately make aimed follow-up shots, bigger calibers are always better with regard to terminal performance.Right now, we're rowing in the same boat. The current crop of self-defense rounds out there today will mushroom and penetrate over a wider range of velocities than those on the market even 10 years ago.Īdditionally, manufacturers are coming out with newer pocket autos this year and the trend is toward the 9mm and expect some in 40 S&W. If you are worried about short barreled loss in velocity with the 9mm go to a +P round.īullet research and technology has blossomed with the surge in concealed carry across the country and ammo is much better than it used to be. The 9mm will outperform it in both bullet mass and velocity every time with the same amount of rounds in the gun. The 380 ACP generally lacks the bullet weight and velocity to suit my needs in a self-defensive round. With reference to handgun caliber choice, a wiser man than I once said, "Carry the biggest caliber your ability will allow."
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