trackskippy
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What seems to be the constant through all this, is peoples perception (or misperception) of what a ".45" is and can do. I get the impression, most seem to think that all they need do, is shoot one round in the general direction and all will be good. "Winner, winner". No need to do anything else.The 45 caliber bullet has been around for a long time. Martini Henry uses a 45 dia bullet weighing about 500 grains. Used to stop fanatical tribesman,
When your enemy is juiced up on some root they smoked they will not stop due to pain and injury, these large bullets tore off limbs.
The 45 ACP known as a manstopper, the size of the bullet is more likely to open an artery, you bleed to death. Smaller faster bullets can zip through but leave smaller holes and the enemy is less likely to bleed out as quickly. People can keep coming at you until the body shuts down due to lack of oxygen to the brain. In the past opponents were found both dead in a fight for their lives, though the enemy was mortally wounded he could still deliver deadly blows. Today we have criminals hopped up on cocaine and don't feel bullets unless one hits the spine, head or heart. Unlikely to get fantastic aim in a gun fight these guys can keep going but the one thing that slows and stops them is loss of blood. I believe the 45 will be with us for a long time.
If someone is "all hoped up" and isn't stopping because you just shot them a couple of times and continues to come at you, whats your response? Not to be a smart ass, but is kind of like that joke going around recently, about the game warden and the bull...but in this case, show them your gun and tell them you're shooting them with a .45.
The first hint that the .45acp might not be all that for me was, when I shot a rabid raccon at work one day. Hit him clean in the forward body with a 230 grain Hydra Shok at about 10 yards. Rolled him right over, and he got right up and was continuing on his merry way until I walked up and shot him in the head.
I was crestfallen that the Colonel might have been exaggerating things a bit all those years.