Emmett Dalton took 17 hits during the Coffeyville KS attempted bank robbery, and lived to spend 20 years in prison, then live a reasonable life afterwards.
You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.
My guess would be FMJ also... One can talk foot-pounds of energy all one wants, but if the bullet passes through like a hot poker all that energy is lost in thin air on the other side of the target.
Would a .357 Magnum 125 JHP have done a better job...we don't know at this point...
Bob
that was mexico, nada to 9mm, 45acp others, just guessing but maybe 32acp or something along that line.
I was thinking.380 but it’s hard to tell. That said there was a guy in my hometown that dropped in his tracks from a single .22 long rifle shot. My dad was the town marshal and the report said the slug skipped off a rib and then acted like a pinball inside his chest cavity.
Saw a guy a month ago get "accidentally" shot with a .380 to the leg. He died on scene (femoral) and was brought back to life. Very lucky to live. The hospital opened his leg to relieve the pressure from the gs. That was with one shot. Luck of the draw I guess.
Just like in hunting. Shot placement is everything.
Exactly
Which is always why a Nimrod that cannot make a hit with his 308 goes to a 300 WM assuming its going to be a better killer. A man that can place a shot with a 223 will kill deer every time. Small calibers perform just as well on medium deer type animals because people can actually shoot them better. This is my attraction to the 5.7 x 28, its not going to make a 50 caliber hole through you, but its going to be easier to hit with for some than a conventional pistol...
My guess would be FMJ also... One can talk foot-pounds of energy all one wants, but if the bullet passes through like a hot poker all that energy is lost in thin air on the other side of the target.
Would a .357 Magnum 125 JHP have done a better job...we don't know at this point...
Bob
that was mexico, nada to 9mm, 45acp others, just guessing but maybe 32acp or something along that line.
I've heard 38 Supers bark in that part of the world .
This video showed up in my suggestions on YouTube. Regardless of what you think of the narrator and his opinions (I get that he has zero "been there, done that" experience), the video footage is worth watching to reinforce how ineffective handguns can be.
Bad guy takes 7 hits and still lives long enough to run out into the parking lot. So, if he had chosen to stay and fire his gun, he could have--even with 7 bullets in him. (I wonder what cartridge the good guy was shooting and what bullets, but still...7 hits and he wasn't yet dead from lead poisoning).
"The room temperature challenge". Interesting term.
