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Originally Posted by alwslate
Actually it does have more than one claim to fame, like being the world standard NATO pistol and sub gun round  At rifle range of 300 yds a 124 gr FMJ started at 1200 FPS or more arrives at over 800 FPS. I would bet that a lot of WW2 soldiers got a rude awakening when they thought they were out of harm’s way of the Nazi’s puny pistol ctg sub guns at a few hundred yards. |
While sitting here listing to the birds chirp and drinking coffee that may sound like a lot of power, in real life combat I'm not so sure about that.
In Jeff Cooper's red book he talks about meeting a former SS Officer who fought on the Eastern Front. He said in one battle he took 3 rounds to the shoulder from a burp gun and did not even know he'd been hit until later when he was cleaning up. Unless a small caliber pistol round hits a bone it highly likely to just punch through causing little damage.