Comments on: Been wondering about that myself

By: Justthisguy

Justthisguy — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:13:40 +0000

Reminds me of the time I helped my then POSSLQ to arm herself. She’d suffered a rather brutal strong-arm robbery that put her into the hospital. When she got out, we went and bought her a piece. I was consultant and designated shooter until her arms healed enough to hold a piece, wipe bottom, etc. The clerk at the gun shop asked what kind of ammo she wanted.
In her ignorance, and her naive, perfectly intuitively correct notion of wound ballistics, she asked him right back:

“What kind makes the biggest holes?

By: Bomber Guy

Bomber Guy — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 03:38:20 +0000

If bigger is always better, let’s take a lesson from the War of Northern Aggression and issue our troops the 1861 Springfield rifle,(.69 cal).

One shot – one kill, still depends on placement of the shot; in hunting and in combat.

I’ve seen a lot of victims killed with guns that cost about the same as a decent meal at an L.A. restaurant.

By: Pogue

Pogue — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 00:32:46 +0000

That’s why we refer to it as the “mouse gun,” and why a lot of M-14s are being issued to Designated Marksmen. Of course, if you put one in the brain housing group, the 5.56mm is adequate.

By: rt66doc

rt66doc — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:18:17 +0000

Hmm…
Hard to beat a 1911 .45 ACP but .357 Sig comes close and won’t jam an autoloader due to bottleneck case. Don’t leave home without (either) one. Pls check ballistics before you diss me on this.

Springfield XD .357 Sig is a cost effective social gun – 12 ga excepted for close quarters.

Funny, I’d think “fine points of velocity/mass equations vs. how many rounds you can fit in your backpack” would be all in a day’s work for a Hornet Driver. :=)

By: The Owner's Manual

The Owner's Manual — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:13:01 +0000

Same thoughts here. If the tradeoff with the smaller ammo is that it requires at least two shots to stop your enemy but that you can carry more rounds, the reductio absurdum is to issue the troops air guns. Sure, the blast of air from the muzzle won’t stop anybody, but you have unlimited ammo!