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Originally Posted by BAM-BAM
I'm not a believer in the "one shot stop"; it can happen but don't count on it ....... a double or triple tap of any of the above is, IMHO, superior to one round of any of them. So IMHO the fastest double/triple tap wins!
So 18+1 in my Beretta Centurion or 15+1 in the Compact are my choices.
That said I'm still really fond of my 34 year old .45 W. German Sig 220!
In my quiet "Burb of the Burgh" a 3913 with a spare mag or two has been GTG for the last 30 years!
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Edit to add ...... one round of 12 gauge 00 buck is said, by many, to be the best one shot man stopper......... 9 IIRC .33-.36" pellets all hitting at once!
No one factor makes any round "good" or "the best"..... the .40 works so will the 9mm and .380 and even the .32acp.
To the OP I think the .40 will be around for a long time..... but may fade over time like the once popular 44/40 and .45 long colt..... or the .41 mag; touted when introduced as the future of Police ammo.
The .45acp and 9mm both are still going strong after 100 years.
Only time will tell! Till then set your Phaser on stun?