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Old 03-18-2018, 12:01 PM
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BE-either the U.S. or German Army adopted as a minimum that 58ft lbs of energy be provided by a 'battle' round-tend to think it was the U.S. as any German measurement would have been in joules but of course the conversion could have been made for the article I read.

It is quite easy to obtain this number with most any .22lr ammo and many wmr rounds easily attain 80 or so ft lbs. Yes these measurements are at the muzzle but remember that the civilian can expect to be involved in near touching distances.

However impressive this may be to you the the numbers of the 9mm cartridges show just why the 9 is the mack daddy of self defense ammo for either professionals or civilians.

Ammo for the 9mm can be had which slightly exceeds the energy delivered from a .357 on the low end and at least meets the delivered energy delivered on the high end-from just over 200 to about 340 ft lbs.

How do these apples rate on your stinkometer?
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