DocSWAT - You claim to have seen autopsies that show the .45 doing more damage, including damage outside the wound channel to distal tissues from hydrostatic shock or somthing. You cite war heroes who used the .45 as if that made them more effective than if they had a Luger in their hand and that is your proof that the .45 is more effective. You claim to have seen shootings where people dropped with a couple rounds of .45, while there are countless incidents of people dropping from a couple rounds of 9mm so that means nothing.
Well, I have seen autopsies and studied the best examiners in the world who disagree with you and say that the 9mm and .45 make an identical wound and are of the same effectiveness. I can cite studies left and right showing time and again that the .45 is not the hammer of Thor, nor more effective than everytthing else. I have seen a guy take 5 rounds of .45 and not be phased by it. I have seen guys take all calibers, and I have never seen a direct trend in which calibers worked better. Some guys drop to one 9mm, some guys are not phased by 5 .45's. 355sigfan is a cop and I have heard him many times tell of his buddy who plugged a guy 4 times with a .45 and his fellow officer was then killed by said man.
So, we have two experiences in the same areas that contradict each other. Leave it to everyone else, I suppose, to decide whose experiences are more valid.
Well, I have seen autopsies and studied the best examiners in the world who disagree with you and say that the 9mm and .45 make an identical wound and are of the same effectiveness. I can cite studies left and right showing time and again that the .45 is not the hammer of Thor, nor more effective than everytthing else. I have seen a guy take 5 rounds of .45 and not be phased by it. I have seen guys take all calibers, and I have never seen a direct trend in which calibers worked better. Some guys drop to one 9mm, some guys are not phased by 5 .45's. 355sigfan is a cop and I have heard him many times tell of his buddy who plugged a guy 4 times with a .45 and his fellow officer was then killed by said man.
So, we have two experiences in the same areas that contradict each other. Leave it to everyone else, I suppose, to decide whose experiences are more valid.