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Originally Posted by Retired Cop
The .45 caliber bullet is slow and useless as a sidearm. Our Military realized it's short comings way back in the European wars.
ref: Smith & Wesson Model 39 - Wikipedia
Smaller faster bullets are much more destructive to targets. That's why the 556/.22 caliber round is used by our military to kill people. The resistance of soft tissue causes them to shatter, spin and bounce around in side the body cavity when they hit it. |
Well, that's interesting. So if smaller is better how come everyone isn't carrying a handgun in .22 magnum with a .40gr projectile?
The military never has been overly fond of the 5.56 round. In Mogandishu the skinnies had the annoying habit of getting up after they were shot. Those types of things don't happen with a .30 cal rifle round. The military 9mm hand gun has had it's short comings as well. I've talked to vets that served in the middle east that would have preferred the old 1911, they didn't like the bad guys getting back up after they were put down.