Stopping power of different handgun cartridges

[shooter]

thanks timmy but wasnt sure if it also applied for iof ammo.

esp as one cant handload.

[xl_target]

As Shooter states:

shot placement beats calibre or numbers.

Take a look at the story of the "gentleman" who received two .45 cal projectiles to the torso and survived: http://indiansforguns.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=14476

[timmy]

shooter:

I found this data:

.32 S&W Long 98 705 108 Fully Jacketed Pointed 8.693
.32 S&W Long 98 705 108 Fully Jacketed Round Nose 11.176
.32 S&W Long 98 705 108 Jacketed Softpoint (unexpanded) 12.418
.32 S&W Long 98 705 108 Lead Round Nose 12.418
.32 S&W Long 98 705 108 Lead Flat Point 13.039
.32 S&W Long 98 705 108 Fully Jacketed Flat Point 13.039
.32 S&W Long 98 705 108 Hollow Point (unexpanded) 13.660
.32 S&W Long 98 705 108 Lead Flat Point (Large Flat) 13.660
.32 S&W Long 98 705 108 Fully Jacketed Flat Point (Large flat) 13.660
.32 S&W Long 98 705 108 Lead Semi-wadcutter 15.523
.32 S&W Long 98 705 108 Hollow Point (expanded) 16.765
.32 S&W Long 98 705 108 Jacketed Softpoint (expanded) 16.765

at this www page:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891527/posts

Scroll a little more than halfway down the page.

This little table has what appears to be chronographed ballistics:

http://www.davespawnshop.com/rockinguns ... _long.html

And someone's chronographed results with factory ammo in several guns; scroll past the .41 Colt stuff:

http://www.coltforum.com/forums/reloadi ... -32-a.html

[MoA]

Stopping power means jack if you cant hit your target.

Having said that, other than .25 acp practise with what you have, and shoot accurately. If you have .25 acp practise using your handgun as a club.

[Subal das]

bigger not always better, one of the best tactical shooters in the world mossad katsa been using for decades .22 beretta 71, later switched to 9x19, because no body else used .22lr and any shooting with .22 automatically was pointing back on them.

[Subal das]

very nice read about calibers things

http://www.chuckhawks.com/stopping_power_dialogue.htm