Posted by
mavracer:
Nope it's the "outperforming most" I take issue with
You have seen the results?
In fairness, I too find that counterintuitive, but I have not been among those privileged to review the objective data.
It's sad that you think it ok to just round file 30+ years of experience...
You missed the point completely. The bullets of thirty, twenty, and fifteen years ago are not relevant today.
But--I have no idea what it is in your 30+ years of experience that makes you think that you are more qualified than FBI Training Division, FBI Academy, Quantico, VA.
Nor have you cited any performance data pertaining to the new rounds discussed in the recommendation.
...and just buy "Rob Pincus said"
The OP introduced the subject by citing another source.
I have researched the test results for several rounds, including the one I use.
I have enough training experience to have observed the greater rapidity of fire with combat accuracy that most people appear to be able to achieve with service-sized 9mm pistols than with larger calibers.
That point was first brought home to me when I was using a .45, which at the time I believed to be more effective as a defense round than some of the smaller service rounds, when people with 9MM service pistols outshot me in terms of rapidly of accurate fire. Some skill difference, but mostly physics..
I have now been shooting handguns for about 55 years, and have been studying them for longer than that. I was a real believer in Elmer's theories. I bought into the legends of the .45 and the Moros. But I had not really studied anything about what it would really take to stop a human assailant, such as putting several rounds into one in less than a second when he is moving at five meters per second at close range, until five plus years ago. Until one studies the internal anatomy and considers the stochastic nature of hitting vital parts timely when the target is moving, one may have a natural tendency to draw conclusions about defensive effectiveness from terminal ballistics alone. I did, and that was a big reason for my choice of a .45.
I'm not a veterinarian but I know BS when I smell it
We understand that you are skeptical, but it is not clear that your opinion is informed.