[rescue] The fat lady. . .

George Adkins rescue at sunhelp.org
Sun Dec 30 23:57:00 CST 2001


.45 is nice because even at 650 fps, a 210gr full jacketed round still packs 
that good punch.  (why 650fps? it's subsonic - easy to suppress)  Standard 
military ball is 185gr or 210gr at about 850fps.

another good thing about the .45 compared to 9mm/.38/.357 is that your 
average 165gr 1300fps .357 goes _through_ the target, meaning that it carries 
much of it's energy with it, as opposed to the .45's tendency to stay _in_ 
the target, not only expending all of it's energy right where you want it, 
but lessening hazard to whatever's on the other side.


> Toss in 9mm and similar.  .45 packs *PUNCH* not speed.  big difference.
> 	Nick
> > velocity. Compare that to a .357 Mag's (pistol) average muzzle velocity
> > of 1300fps, and you can see the difference in rifles and pistols.  Even a
> > .45 ACP (pistol) has a muzzle velocity of only about 900fps at the high
> > end.
> >
> > Kurt
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