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Originally Posted by CB3
Find “San Francisco barber shop gunfight”. Guy with a gun shot 9 times at two police officers, hitting one in the leg early in the 7-8 second fight. Officers shot 26 times, including at least one slide lock reload, hitting the guy 18 times. He was still talking and living at this point, although he did stop shooting. He later died.
So again, how much ammo is enough? Five shots? Seven from a puny caliber? My life is worth more effort and expense than that.
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CB3, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, I AM WONDERING IF YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THE CALIBER BULLET, THAT THE OFFICERS HIT THIS GUY 26 TIMES WITH ? ? ?
I WOULD VENTURE A GUESS, THAT IT WAS A 9MM. WHENEVER I READ OF INCIDENTS, WHERIN A CRIMINAL ENDURES MANY GUNSHOT WOUNDS, AND CONTINUES THE FIGHT, OR AT LEAST SURVIVES, THE 9MM WAS USUALLY WHAT HE WAS SHOT WITH......
I WAS NEVER ENAMORED OF THE 9MM. I SEE YOUNGSTERS, NEW TO SHOOTING, ON THE RANGE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ARE SHOOTING, HI-CAP, DOUBLE STACK, 9MM, SEMIAUTOS. THE LOW COST, AND AVAILABILITY OF AMMO, MUST PLAY A PART IN THIS, I'M SURE. THEY SEEM TO BE FOLLOWING THE SPRAY AND PRAY APPROACH TO MARKSMANSHIP. SOME OF THEM EVEN HOLD THEIR WEAPONS SIDEWAYS, LIKE THE IDIOTS THAT THEY SEE IN THE RAP "MUSIC" VIDEOS. I SHOOT IN THE VACANT PORT, THAT IS FURTHEST AWAY, FROM THEM......
IN ANY EVENT, I'M A FAN OF THE COLT 1911, IN .45ACP. I CARRIED ONE IN VIETNAM, AND A SERIES II, GOLD CUP WAS MY EDC, FOR MORE THAN 3 DECADES, SUBSEQUENTLY. I SERIOUSLY DOUBT, THAT IF YOU PUT 26 ROUNDS OF .45ACP, INTO A PERSON, HE'S GOING BE IN ANY SHAPE, TO DO MUCH TALKING.......