StrikeEagle
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Hello, friends!
I've been reading Marshall and Sanow for years... and Jeff Cooper before that. Cooper felt that the .45 ACP FMJ gave 95% one shot stops. Marshall and Sanow say that the standard 230 ball round gives 63%.
http://www.chuckhawks.com/handgun_power_chart.htm
There's something about that number that just doesn't sit right with me. We're being asked to believe that the legendary reputation of .45 Auto... which was built on the fmj round... is based on 63% stopping power? I mean... Alvin York took down 7 enemy soldiers with 7 shots from his 1911. That doesn't sound like 63% performance to me...
I know that Marshall and Sanow claim to collect case studies of actual shootings and that their results are based on REALITY... not theory. Ok...
But dang... 63%? I just find this hard to believe it's that low.
What do y'all think?
StrikeEagle
I've been reading Marshall and Sanow for years... and Jeff Cooper before that. Cooper felt that the .45 ACP FMJ gave 95% one shot stops. Marshall and Sanow say that the standard 230 ball round gives 63%.
http://www.chuckhawks.com/handgun_power_chart.htm
There's something about that number that just doesn't sit right with me. We're being asked to believe that the legendary reputation of .45 Auto... which was built on the fmj round... is based on 63% stopping power? I mean... Alvin York took down 7 enemy soldiers with 7 shots from his 1911. That doesn't sound like 63% performance to me...
I know that Marshall and Sanow claim to collect case studies of actual shootings and that their results are based on REALITY... not theory. Ok...
But dang... 63%? I just find this hard to believe it's that low.
What do y'all think?
StrikeEagle