I would go to the larger, open carry, cop guns to shoot that round. I have a stash of two boxes of the Remingtons.158 grain SWCHP @ 850 f.p.s. will protect you fairly well against any human.
The military moved to .45acp due to the need to stop a motivated enemy from fighting even after he'd been mortally wounded (in the Philippines IIRC).
The military moved to .45acp due to the need to stop a motivated enemy from fighting even after he'd been mortally wounded (in the Philippines IIRC).
38 isnt great for self defense?
I carry 38 all the time, if you feel you need a larger chunk of lead to go in the bad guy, practice double tap wife and I do when we go and shoot the lcr's we also run the old fbi loads (the 158 grain lead hollow points)
I would be fairly certain that anyone telling u that 38spl is not good self defense round is either a firearm novice or bloviator. The 38spl ballistics are good for SD and a load such as the Hornady American gunner XTP hollow point is outstanding n I carry it with utmost confidence.
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my wife shoots that load out of her lcr we both do, I myself do not feel that its a difficult load to shoot. granted every one deals with recoil differently, heck I don't think my 44 super red hawk is that bad to shoot with my hunting loads of 21 grains of 2400 and 240 grain xtps...