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More on caliber and Bullet stopping power

NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
edited August 2002 in Ask the Experts
This is how the official report read,3-28-02.
This Data was compiled from a Three year study of a large Federal Agency on one shot to the Torso stop rates per caliber and ammunition,consisting of one shot to the torso to stop the perpetrator from returning fire and immediately putting him down within ten steps after being shot.
1.Federal .40 155grHydra-shok 97%
2.Federal .357 Magnum 125gr JHP 96%
3.Federal .45acp 230gr Hydra-shok 96%
4.Remington .45acp 185 gr Golden saber+p 95%
5.Federal 9mm 115 gr+p 93%
6.Triton&Corbon .40 auto 135 gr JHP 92%
7.Win .44 mag 210gr Silver Tip 91%
8.Triton .357 Sig 125gr Rainier JHP 91%
9.WIN .41 Mag 175gr Silver Tip 90%
10.Federal .40 auto 180 gr Hydra-Shok 90%


Hope this helps Guys goes to show how big my memory is.

Rugster

Edited by - rugster on 08/04/2002 11:16:53
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  • Der GebirgsjagerDer Gebirgsjager Member Posts: 1,673 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gotta love that 97%--but my 96%.45 is good enough for me!
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  • Single ShotSingle Shot Member Posts: 17 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Impressive.. I guess that I'll need to shoot twice with my 95% rounds.

    It should only take one !!!
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I reposted this for all who was wondering about stopping power,My memory failed me as usual but,I copied this off of the original document.Hope it helps.


    Best!!

    Rugster
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  • mballaimballai Member Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was never much impressed by the one-shot statistic. Double tap is a given in the military and most police training. Why one would use a one-shot stop to measure a two-shot world is just a little bit of mathematical irony.

    Three Precious Metals: Gold, silver and lead
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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't believe in one stop shot stats. Its all coincidental, there is really no way to tell the effectiveness of one bullet over another, when its a different person being shot each time, cause people aren't all the same. There are to many variables to judge that. The only thing that can factually be proven is penetration and expansion in ballistic jello, and thats about it. IMHO.

    If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

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  • royc38royc38 Member Posts: 2,235 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am always amused by these "one stop shot stats". It seems every year its always the newest caliber. I remember back in the 80's it was actually a 9mm. And its always from police files. Now as for the 40 I own a very nice Beretta 96, but it would not be my first choice for the big day. I have had two almost big days in my life and once was with a .45 and the other was with a 10mm and under both situations I had exactly what I needed at the time.
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  • Shootist3006Shootist3006 Member Posts: 4,171
    edited November -1
    I just wonder what large Federal Agency uses the Winchester Silvertip loadings of the .41 and .44 Remington Magnums often enough to get valid statistical data?

    Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.Semper Fidelis
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  • gravediggergravedigger Member Posts: 945 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    These statistics were shared with us when we took a CCW class in February. Funny thing is they already had told us to shoot as much as necessary to stop the threat.

    -Marcus

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  • gundummygundummy Member Posts: 254 ✭
    edited November -1
    I totally agree with Lee on this. There are too many variables involved in actual cases. To be sure, just unload another round into the perp to double that %. GD
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  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    During WWI Sgt. York proved the "one shot to the torso stop rate" of the .45 acp is more than a theory.

    Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.
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