Once outside, they both pulled out handguns, . . . one a .357 mag, . . . the other a .22.
The guy who got shot with the .357 died there in the street, . . . the guy who got shot with the .22 died an hour or so later in the hospital.
Conclusion: placement is what counts, . . . not caliber.
Dwight
Your conclusion is
non-sequiter...
It is reasonable to assume that both shooters hit the
"ever-magical" center-mass.
My story is...
My friend had had his hand and arm severely damaged in WWII by a 7mm Jap. from palm to elbow.
Therefore, he thought a .22LR would be sufficient for home defense...
He woke up in the middle of the night to sounds of illegal entry at his front door.
He grabbed his trusty .22 and headed for the front room and found two intruders...
One was blocking his view of the other...
He double-tapped the first one center-mass, at less than 10 feet, and the other one "quickity-split"...
After about two minutes... my friend called the police...
More minutes passed and he got an answer...
(There was no 911 line in those days and the response was a little better.)
10 more minutes and one squad car arrived with two LEO's...
After several minutes the two LEO's began looking around the neighborhood for the wounded perp...
After about 25 minutes of searching they found the perp hiding under a parked vehicle.
After that they "walked", (My friend said,
"...not particularly in a hurry.") back to their car and called for an ambulance.
After about 8 or 10 more minutes the ambulance arrived and they talked with the police a little and loaded the perp onto the gurney. (My friend said,
"...not particularly in a hurry.") and then they headed for the hospital which was at least ten minutes away...
The emergency trauma team "prepped" him for surgery... more minutes...
And after
8 hours of surgery he survived to be tried and sent to jail. He tried to sue my friend but in those days they had sensible judges... and the case was
"thrown out of court". (Now there's a phrase you don't hear much anymore.)
My friend, knowing my experience with hand guns, told me this story and asked me to help him get a 1911 .45ACP.
Ya'll can draw your own
"conclusions"... sequiter or not...