Originally Posted by jimmyp
Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye
Originally Posted by jimmyp
I don't think I would want a 10mm in this case based on the black bear that took 14 or so 10mm rounds and still chewed the guy up pretty bad. I don't know what he had for cartridges though.
Could you provide a link to this. I've never heard this story before.



https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2...-finally-stopped-by-a-glock-10mm-pistol/

I don’t know what he had for cartridges but this kind of negates all the nonsense that the G20 has more stopping power because it carries more cartridges albeit all at lower energy. I think the guys that say “I got 10,500 ft pounds of energy in this pistol with 15 cartridges” are just wrong. That is using buffalo bore numbers for their 220’s is about 700 ft pounds per shot. Granted I don’t know what cartridges he was using but a 44 magnum carrying 6 340 grain buffalo bore at only 9600 ft pounds could possibly have been a better solution, of coarse a 454 even better.



In my eexperience when useing a handgun on large dangerous animals revolvers with large diameter flat point hardcast of proper hardness or Punch bullets that penetrate very deep and leave large diameter wound channels than smaller diameter cartridges is superior. Not saying the smaller caliber rounds can’t work, just in my experience there is less margin for error.

Forget about foot pounds of energy as it doesn’t rate the wound channel or penetration accurately.



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