The case for the .45

[SubicWarrior1988]

Now this article has been around for a long while, but I read it from time to time and enjoy it every time. A very good read, enjoy.


Jim Higgenbotham's case for the .45


http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/other/jh_45acp.htm

 

[wally05]

ummm... that link goes to a sale item.

 

[Disposable Heart]

Shameless self promotion

 

[Manatee]

I guess that's fine.

You really don't need to make a case for a 45. Everyone already knows it's God's Caliber.

 

[SubicWarrior1988]

ummm... that link goes to a sale item.

Thank you! My bad.

 

[Morgan88]

I am a novice but that Jim Higgenbothams name sounds familiar. Have I seen him on the History channel or the Military channel as a firearms historian and expert. Kinda stocky build.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

This is something that is often forgotten in discussions, but makes a HUGE impact in real world shootings:

"Some advocates of small to medium calibers usually opine that shot placement is far more important than any considerations of caliber or “power”. They are ALMOST right. The key to rapid incapacitation is, of course, what the bullet destroys. This is not exactly the same as “shot placement”. Once the bullet strikes the surface of a target “shot placement” has run its course, what the bullet actually destroys inside the body is now subject to terminal ballistic properties"


I have seen a butt shot be fatal because the .45 deflected up into the abdomen and caused rapid bleed out. I've also seen a .45 to the chest ride a rib around and go out the back without causing any significant damage.

Lighter/faster cartridges also begin to fragment sooner if they hit an intermediate barrier, slower/heavier cartridges resist fragmentation and tumble, retaining more penetration to a target on the other side.

 

[Bushwookie]

I guess that's fine.

You really don't need to make a case for a 45. Everyone already knows it's God's Caliber.

God doesn't need a .45

 

[djhuckle]

God doesn't need a .45

Don't confuse God with Chuck Norris

 

[mbills2223]

I guess that's fine.

You really don't need to make a case for a 45. Everyone already knows it's God's Caliber.

You forgot your purple.

Oh...wait...you were serious??

....

 

[IfUDare01]

God definitely doesn't need a .45 but if he had one that would be great! Manatee that was a gut buster! lol