9 mm or .40 cal - - Why Get One Over The Other?

[PeteF 1,044]

Dead men tell no tales (or file no law suits) my friend

 

Yes, but their relatives do.

[SSlav 14]

The two SWAT team leaders who taught my last Carbine course were discussing a shooting where the officers put 5 .40cal rounds into the suspect who made a full recovery. They have since switched to .45 cal Glock 21's.

 

All sorts of freaky things can and do happen. A man has survived a 2000 ft fall. But that does not mean that 2000 ft. falls are not lethal.

 

This FBI report seems to refer to the same incident that you mention Or at least enough details match for it to be a possibility.

 

The conclusion of the report is as follows:

 

• Determined individuals can sustain many

gunshot wounds in areas that produce great

pain and continue to fight a long time, even

without the aid of drugs or alcohol.

• Shot placement is everything in a gunfight

and always the key to stopping a threat

effectively.

[Sigman 41]

Vlad G

 

Thanks for posting the pic above. Many good points and it shows the "general" ballistics of different calibers. I suggest to some reading this thread that they start to do some reloading and trying different calibers before they judge a cartridge.

 

I read above that a guy was shot 5 times by .40 S&W and the guy lived. It's possible if you're shot in the foot, miss vitals, but it has no bearing on the effectiveness of .40 S&W. No offense to the person stating it.

[bry@n 195]

This has turned into another my d!ck is bigger than yours thread about the calibers.

 

Choose what you like and use it.

 

Please close this thread

[tommy3rd 132]

Remember it?!? I AM the Blob from the 1950's

Maybe you should change your name to Pizza Blob!