Most deadly pistol round

Ballguy · 01-21-2006, 20:54 PM

What do you all believe are the most deadly pistol rounds? Be careful about saying "according to......": I'm going to get an ER surgeons input on this one.

Ballguy · 01-22-2006, 22:01 PM

Is anyone going to respond?

bonehead · 01-22-2006, 22:45 PM

All things being equal, ie shot placement and bullet wt. The last thing (of the more common calibers) I would want to be hit with is the .357 mag. Ofcourse, an incompetent Dr can do me in just as easy.

**TopHatter** · 01-23-2006, 00:02 AM

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Ofcourse, an incompetent Dr can do me in just as easy.

Are you President James A. Garfield??

bonehead · 01-23-2006, 00:42 AM

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Originally Posted by TopHatter

Are you President James A. Garfield??

Cough..Cough, I will neither comfirm, nor deny that rumor. Cough.
I will say that my scrotum pressure device, when installed on my dentist, has made my visits more pleasant. "We are not going to hurt each other, are we?"

lemontree · 01-23-2006, 00:59 AM

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What do you all believe are the most deadly pistol rounds? Be careful about saying "according to......": I'm going to get an ER surgeons input on this one.

You mean there are less dangerous pistol rounds?....that don't kill.

leib10 · 01-23-2006, 01:19 AM

Anything .44 Magnum and up is very "deadly", although "effective" would be a better word since all bullets are deadly to a certain degree.

Insomniac · 01-23-2006, 15:45 PM

I'm not sure, but I thought it was the Desert Eagle's 50.AE round.

RustyBattleship · 01-23-2006, 21:24 PM

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All things being equal, ie shot placement and bullet wt. The last thing (of the more common calibers) I would want to be hit with is the .357 mag. Ofcourse, an incompetent Dr can do me in just as easy.

That's a good point; placement. An expert marksman can kill you with a well placed .22 caliber long rifle rimfire. But that is if you are standing or sitting very still, he is not too far away and using a Remington 513T target rifle aiming at your unprotected temple or eardrum.

But in general combat situations, where bullets are often shot only at the general direction of an enemy, I would bet on the .44 magnum semi-jacketed round from a REVOLVER, with the .44 Automag in the semi-auto pistols. That is if you want knockdown with impressive penetration.

For MORE penetration, however the .41 magnum is considered a greater penetrator than the .44 mag (and there is only .019 difference between the two with .44 actually being .429). Unfortunately that can only apply for revolvers as I have not seen any rimless rifle cartridges modified to take the .41 as in the .44 automag (which actually uses a .308 case cut back to the shoulder).

At least not since I got out of the gun shop business back in the late 70s (partner take-over and too damn much government paperwork).

Defcon 6 · 01-24-2006, 01:29 AM

.50 Ae

bonehead · 01-24-2006, 01:44 AM

Hey! would a 12 gauge double barrel shotgun with the barrel cut at say.. 5" count as a pistol round? If so then I want to change my answer because...thats gotta hurt.

Dreadnought · 01-24-2006, 13:28 PM

I would say hollow points or black talons.

lurker · 01-24-2006, 13:41 PM

There is a nice new family of the enhanced penetration rounds for russian pistols.
Haven't seen them "in the wild" though.

http://club.guns.ru/eng/barnaul.html

Defcon 6 · 01-24-2006, 14:05 PM

http://world.guns.ru/main-e.htm

that site is better than yours. take a look sometime.

lurker · 01-24-2006, 14:12 PM

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http://world.guns.ru/main-e.htm

that site is better than yours. take a look sometime.

I've seen it, Deafcon. My favourite is pvo.guns.ru

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bonehead *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 01-12-05 Posts: 1,913	All things being equal, ie shot placement and bullet wt. The last thing (of the more common calibers) I would want to be hit with is the .357 mag. Ofcourse, an incompetent Dr can do me in just as easy. Last edited by bonehead : 01-22-2006 at 22:48 PM.

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Insomniac Banished Join Date: 07-25-05 Posts: 214	I'm not sure, but I thought it was the Desert Eagle's 50.AE round.

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bonehead *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 01-12-05 Posts: 1,913	Hey! would a 12 gauge double barrel shotgun with the barrel cut at say.. 5" count as a pistol round? If so then I want to change my answer because...thats gotta hurt.

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01-24-2006, 14:05 PM	#14 (permalink)
Defcon 6 Contributor Join Date: 09-12-05 Location: Illinois, U.S Posts: 659	http://world.guns.ru/main-e.htm that site is better than yours. take a look sometime.

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