I've heard so much about handguns "don't have stopping power" and this or that round won't kill this or that animal. But yesterday I was shooting into 7' tall 4' thick round hay bails on our farm and every 40 and 45 round not only penetrated the compressed wet bails but blew through 1/4 inch ply wood on the back. This is no scientific experiment or anything conclusive but I have a whole new respect for what a handgun caliber factory load can actually do. I think if the rounds were blowing through these, a deer a hog or human wouldn't stand a chance if shots were well placed. I guess I'm just a hillbilly and I'm gonna start doing the penetration test on 4'thick bails instead of gelitan lol. I didn't think at all the rounds would make it out the other side, let alone have energy left. There's no point to be made here just sharing what I thought to be pretty cool.