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Hans said: "Yeah, no. A perfect hit with a .380 is much more effective as a marginal hit with a .45; eg, a .380 between the eyes (perfect) will be a LOT more effective than a .45 in the arm (marginal)." A .380 to the forehead may not even penetrate, rendering it ineffective, although it...

It all depends on where you hit 'em, no matter what caliber you use. Bullet placement is king, always. Secondary, but still important I believe, is how much damage the bullet can impart on a target. A perfect hit with a .380 isn't as good as a somewhat marginal hit with a .45. Using, of...

As I said, I don't know why more cops don't carry 10mm. Too heavy to carry all day? Too much recoil? I don't have a clue. Maybe it's an executive decision? When I said a generation of wimps, that was mostly a reference to civilian shooters. There are of course, always exceptions, even in...

Old Airborn Dog said: "It does? Why don't the police, anti-terrorist units, etc across the world act on that "everybody knows", kick the 9mm to the curb and all move to the Bigger Hole Forty Five?????" Because they are blindly following the FBI? Beats the snot out of me! In fact, it seems to...

I will agree with the author that, as long as they're all using the same bullet technology, the .40 and .45 are better than the 9mm, a caliber I'm not a particular fan of unless it's 357 Sig. While true that bullet tech has improved the 9mm, however, that same tech works equally well in other...

One cannot have too many reloading manuals. I have them going back to the 70's. I get new ones when they come out because they always have new powders I may have or want to try. They at least provide starting points so you don't blow yourself up 'experimenting' with things you shouldn't ever...

If I could actually use iron sights, I would gladly do so. I bad-mouthed batteries on guns in any form for many years! However, with my eyes now, it's simply not an option! I had new lenses installed the beginning of 2023 and my near vision has actually gotten worse. My distance vision is...

A u tube video I saw (u tube took it down for some reason), that convinced me regarding these bullets, showed a guy shooting a freshly killed wild pig, I believe it was 125 lbs, in the shoulder with a 9mm, 90 gr. Xtreme Defender bullet. The bullet went all the way thru the shoulders, stopping...

I determined several years ago that the Lehigh Xtreme Defender bullet was probably the best bullet money can buy for home/self defense, bar none! I usually have the Underwood versions in my EDC but velocity wise they are the same as the Lehigh loaded ammo. I usually load all my own ammo...

That little bitty shoulder won't do diddly in flesh, as has been pointed out over and over, here and virtually every other forum and test facility. If you want a round nose profile bullet that actually works quit screwing around and get some of the Lehigh Xtreme Defender bullets (Lehigh is now...

And how is it that SA dropped the ball on this pistol? I want one as they've already done everything I did to my original HP, which I foolishly sold and didn't replace when the HP's were plentiful and relatively cheap (many, many years ago!). Cheers, crkckr

I am, and have been, a 1911 guy since long before it was legal for me to own one. But... Long, long ago a buddy wanted me to shoot his new Glock 19. We get to range and he opens his trunk, takes the Glock out of it's little plastic home and immediately takes it by the barrel and throws it -...

The human eye/brain is pretty good at putting things in the middle of circles or squares, so it's actually pretty easy to put a target in the center of a blank circle such as a red dot site with a dead battery. I've turned mine off and tried to practice that but it's pretty hard to ignore the...

It's hard putting up with batteties after all the disdain I've heaped on items requiring them. However what convinced me on the Holosun was the shake awake function. The batteries will last much longer, especially since I dont go out often, so it sits most of the time. Same for my bedside...

As much as I dislike anything that takes batteries, I was pretty much forced into red dots by old age and declining eye sight. I just can't see iron sights any more. Instead of the front site being in focus, nothing is in focus! My times and accuracy took a huge nose dive. Now the red dots...

I'm still waiting for mine! After checking availability of brass and bullets, I gave up on getting a Glock 40 and am going to replace my long ago love, the Hi-Power. It sounds as though SA has done everything to this pistol that I did to my own HP way back when, but then, in a fit of pity...