45 acp sd/hd carry round

[ridgerunner33]

230g FMJ for me. Most reliable, cheapest to boot.

Congrats....what do you know....you picked correctly...good job!

 

[Porter Rockwell]

Dr. Fackler did a multi year study on the effectiveness of pistol rounds for the FBI.He is or was the leading authority on the subject after doing hundreds if not thousands of autopsy studies of shooting subjects.What he found was that the good ole .45 ACP fmj round was 90% effective for a one shot stop.Hollowpoint ammo was marginally better at 92%.To put that into perspective,we know the .357 125 grain HP is a good man stopper and it was only the same 92%.For these small gains,gimme the very reliable cost effective fmj.Now where hollow point rounds really up the effectiveness of a cartridge is in the smaller self defense rounds like the 9mm.A 115 grain fmj had a very anemic 60% one shot stop effectiveness then jumped to 88% with the very stout,but expensive,Winchester 115 grain silvertip.Thats some of the beauty in the .45 ACP.There is no shortcuts or substitutes for caliber.They have had it right since 1911,or there abouts.

John Moses Browning- a man way ahead of his time

 

[ridgerunner33]

Thanks, I have often thought about .45 FMJ being a good defensive round.

It is a very effective round....lets a lot of air in......and a lot of blood out.Not a handicap at all to carry fmj in a.45

 

[deller]

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[ridgerunner33]

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Very nice...is this an Officer or Commander sized Colt?

 

[deller]

Very nice...is this an Officer or Commander sized Colt?

L/W Commander.

 

[ridgerunner33]

L/W Commander.

One of the best,if not the best carry platform ever fielded.A man who shoots and spends time with his often,is a very well armed man indeed.I finally have a Lightweight as well,a Springfield RO Compact.

 

[Bypass]

I only use Ball ammo in a 45 Sir. For everything.

Sgt Alvin York agrees with me.

 

[charlie hotel lima]

I still carry a 1911 from time to time, Hydra Shok rounds. It feeds in all my 1911's, good to know. The only HP that wasn't reliable was the Speer Flying Ashtray of old, a heck of a cartridge. It's on the right..