| Ripp |
| (.577 member) |
| 19/01/18 05:58 AM |
Re: Rob Leathum settles-the-45acp-vs-9mm-debate..kind of :)
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Similar to my tests and my rack of plates I made for my boys in Corrections. The rack had 6 plates on it, which were adjustable to 'power factor'.
I had them set so a 9mm 115gr. within an inch of the top, would knock them over, 1100fps with 115gr - 126 PF. A .38 SPL 158 at 850fps - 134PF hit in the middle would knock them over, but the 9mm would not.
My .45 with hard ball - 195PF would knock them over with a hit anywhere.
My 300gr.FN load with blue dot at 770fps - 231PF, and hard enough that some would re-set.
The reduced 300gr. FN at 650fps would as well having a PF of 195, same as Hard Ball. It was fun - I'd be on the second or third plate when the first one fell over - the sounds were way behind the shot.
Fun stuff this plate shooting.
Years ago we had a indoor shooting league here in town..there would be 8 bowling pins set up from 5 to 20 yards..you had to "clear the deck" on your side before the guy beside you did..The first time I competed I used a Beretta model 92 in 9mm...as you stated, I had to shoot the pins 2-3 times in some cases to get them off of the plywood sheet they were set on..the following week I showed up with a 45acp..one shot each was all that was needed to blow them off...big difference as the video suggests...
I felt Rob also had a very legitimate point stating the 9mm is still a very viable personal defense option as is even a .380 or smaller..provided the hits were on the mark and proper bullet selection was used...personally, for self defense, I would not want to go lighter than 9mm....
Ripp