C-grunt
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So you want to take an already weak handgun, use the worst bullet profile you can get for tissue damage, and then make the bullet slower? Okay bro, its your gunfight. Realize the new military handgun is also spec'd to shoot hollow point ammo..... because the military knows that hollowpoints are better. And they've killed a lot of dudes with ball ammo.
Also comparing 44 mag to 357 mag isnt a fair comparison. Testing has shown that the 44 mag will start to show significant damage from temporary cavitation with certain loads. Its right on the cusp where rounds start damaging by more than just crushing tissue. So the extra abiity you see from hunting with the 44 mag is from more than just the extra width and weight.
Either way you are talking about rounds far more powerful than your standard duty rounds which we are talking about here. Between 2 combat tours in Iraq and 10 years as LE in a major metro city the amount of gunshot wounds Ive seen between accidental self inflicted, accidental, suicide, murder, aggravated assault, self defense, and combat is in the several hundreds. Being a gun guy I pay attention to the wounds. Also being a gun guy I talk to the medical staff (ER doctors, Xray techs, Paramedics, etc.... several who are gun guys themselves) and have never been told that they could tell the difference between duty handgun wounds.
Since my department reauthorized 9mm a few years ago we have had a few officer involved shooting with it. Every one has had the bad guy DRT on scene. I will point out that all those shootings were done by "tactical" officers so shot placement was good.
Also comparing 44 mag to 357 mag isnt a fair comparison. Testing has shown that the 44 mag will start to show significant damage from temporary cavitation with certain loads. Its right on the cusp where rounds start damaging by more than just crushing tissue. So the extra abiity you see from hunting with the 44 mag is from more than just the extra width and weight.
Either way you are talking about rounds far more powerful than your standard duty rounds which we are talking about here. Between 2 combat tours in Iraq and 10 years as LE in a major metro city the amount of gunshot wounds Ive seen between accidental self inflicted, accidental, suicide, murder, aggravated assault, self defense, and combat is in the several hundreds. Being a gun guy I pay attention to the wounds. Also being a gun guy I talk to the medical staff (ER doctors, Xray techs, Paramedics, etc.... several who are gun guys themselves) and have never been told that they could tell the difference between duty handgun wounds.
Since my department reauthorized 9mm a few years ago we have had a few officer involved shooting with it. Every one has had the bad guy DRT on scene. I will point out that all those shootings were done by "tactical" officers so shot placement was good.