Re: Have you settled on one go to pistol?
heres the thing about caliber. If you were to get shot with a 9mm vs a .45, do you think youre gonna know the difference? Either way its gonna hurt like a bitch and/or kill you. "stopping power" really isnt relevant. If somethings hell bent on killing you or getting away its gonna do it (as evident with the examples above) unless you get a shot through the brain, heart, or the spinal column (even if they get hit in the heart theyll have some time while they are going into cardiac arrest and dieing but they most likely will not have very good control of their body during this time). "stopping power" is more psychological than anything. Unless, you hit someone in the brain, spinal cord or heart and they are stone dead instantly, People drop when they get shot because they realize what happened, know the consequences, and more or less submit to the fact that they are going to die however, they can very likely stay alive on the ground for a while when they could be doing something productive like fighting or running. This is why things like drugs have such a big effect on how fast you are going to stop a person because if the person is not mentally defeated, the will keep on fighting until their body is forced to stop. On the other hand what happens when you shoot a deer? If the deer is at all capable of running then it will. Also, It is true that a .45 carries more energy than a 9mm but this is really irrelevant. In most cases the bullet pases directly through a human being, leaving the rest of the force useless. It takes a given amount of force to push through your body and the bullet will expend exactly that amount of force inside of you and exit. Anything extra is useless. This being said, the key is really shot placement. Now I know that there are things like hollow points and hydra shock bullets but that is more or less a feat of engineering and is intended to create a larger wound channel which is going to have a much greater impact on the damage to the persons body. If you can stop both a .45 and a 9mm inside of the human body, then the .45 will carry marginally more energy, however, the amount of energy is already at extremes so its really not going to make a difference. Using the 3/4 the momentum of a 230 gr .45 example mentioned above, that like if i were to drop a 300lb weight on your toe or a 400lb weight on your toe from the same height, they both hurt the same amount, which is a fucking lot. However, back to shot placement, if i drop a 400lb weight on your toe, it'll shatter your toe and you'll be pissed. but if a drop a lighter 300 lb weight on your forehead, your gonna be in a coma.
As for the gun, i would also go with the sig 226 but if this is too large for you to conceal in certain situation (it all depends on body size and clothing that you wear) then you could go down to a 229 as mentioned earlier or really anytihng in the sig family will serve you well.
heres the thing about caliber. If you were to get shot with a 9mm vs a .45, do you think youre gonna know the difference? Either way its gonna hurt like a bitch and/or kill you. "stopping power" really isnt relevant. If somethings hell bent on killing you or getting away its gonna do it (as evident with the examples above) unless you get a shot through the brain, heart, or the spinal column (even if they get hit in the heart theyll have some time while they are going into cardiac arrest and dieing but they most likely will not have very good control of their body during this time). "stopping power" is more psychological than anything. Unless, you hit someone in the brain, spinal cord or heart and they are stone dead instantly, People drop when they get shot because they realize what happened, know the consequences, and more or less submit to the fact that they are going to die however, they can very likely stay alive on the ground for a while when they could be doing something productive like fighting or running. This is why things like drugs have such a big effect on how fast you are going to stop a person because if the person is not mentally defeated, the will keep on fighting until their body is forced to stop. On the other hand what happens when you shoot a deer? If the deer is at all capable of running then it will. Also, It is true that a .45 carries more energy than a 9mm but this is really irrelevant. In most cases the bullet pases directly through a human being, leaving the rest of the force useless. It takes a given amount of force to push through your body and the bullet will expend exactly that amount of force inside of you and exit. Anything extra is useless. This being said, the key is really shot placement. Now I know that there are things like hollow points and hydra shock bullets but that is more or less a feat of engineering and is intended to create a larger wound channel which is going to have a much greater impact on the damage to the persons body. If you can stop both a .45 and a 9mm inside of the human body, then the .45 will carry marginally more energy, however, the amount of energy is already at extremes so its really not going to make a difference. Using the 3/4 the momentum of a 230 gr .45 example mentioned above, that like if i were to drop a 300lb weight on your toe or a 400lb weight on your toe from the same height, they both hurt the same amount, which is a fucking lot. However, back to shot placement, if i drop a 400lb weight on your toe, it'll shatter your toe and you'll be pissed. but if a drop a lighter 300 lb weight on your forehead, your gonna be in a coma.
As for the gun, i would also go with the sig 226 but if this is too large for you to conceal in certain situation (it all depends on body size and clothing that you wear) then you could go down to a 229 as mentioned earlier or really anytihng in the sig family will serve you well.
