This is not revolver vs auto… assume all bullets are good HPs fired out of the same gun.
I subscribe to the Rebar theory of handgun ballistics. Getting hit by a .357 bullet going below 1500 fps is like getting stabbed by a piece of .357 caliber rebar. Hydrostatic shock?! Remote nerve damage? The human body absorbs powerful shockwaves all the time. I scoff at your “energy dump”. MAYBE something funny will happen if you hit the bladder or kidney. Not with the consistency you need to plan a self defense scenario. As far as I can tell that only starts to happen well above 2000+ fps. So, shot placement being equal, all that matters is bullet diameter, the depth of penetration, and the amount of hollowpoint expansion… all totaling a volume of damaged tissue. The winner here is a bullet that expands the most and yet penetrates fully or just short of full penetration. The biggest piece of rebar wins: 45 acp.
Marshall & Sanow are outdated and have faulty limited datasets and no accounting for accuracy. Don’t believe the impressive temporary cavities you see on ballistics gel. The 357 is overpowered in a handgun but perhaps great in a carbine at 2000+ fps.
I subscribe to the Rebar theory of handgun ballistics. Getting hit by a .357 bullet going below 1500 fps is like getting stabbed by a piece of .357 caliber rebar. Hydrostatic shock?! Remote nerve damage? The human body absorbs powerful shockwaves all the time. I scoff at your “energy dump”. MAYBE something funny will happen if you hit the bladder or kidney. Not with the consistency you need to plan a self defense scenario. As far as I can tell that only starts to happen well above 2000+ fps. So, shot placement being equal, all that matters is bullet diameter, the depth of penetration, and the amount of hollowpoint expansion… all totaling a volume of damaged tissue. The winner here is a bullet that expands the most and yet penetrates fully or just short of full penetration. The biggest piece of rebar wins: 45 acp.
Marshall & Sanow are outdated and have faulty limited datasets and no accounting for accuracy. Don’t believe the impressive temporary cavities you see on ballistics gel. The 357 is overpowered in a handgun but perhaps great in a carbine at 2000+ fps.
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