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- Oct 3, 2012
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I will say that you cannot take the "stats" alone and get the whole idea behind the authors article. I read the thing and when I came across those numbers I was thinking the same thing and almost bailed on the remainder of the article. I didn't and am glad to have continued. The author attempts to give as much data as possible and then digest that and give it back to the audience in useable bits. He readily admits the flaws in his approach. He speaks to the psychological stoppages as well as physiological. I don't think it was value added to have raced to the chart and not read the entirety of the piece.
I've read the piece, and similar, before. I still maintain it's useless.
There is good data out there for the performance of specific cartridges, because there are organizations with the time, talent, and treasure to do the very heavy lifting required to make something useful of it. It is all dedicated to duty rounds, because that's what those people care about.
If it was me, I'd pick something off DocGKR's list and call it a day unless some physical ailment prevented me from carrying a common duty caliber.