makemeshiver33 wrote:Montana wrote:
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I normally would have been like MMS and would have enjoyed something with some kick (for some reason), but I'm not sure the arm could handle it anymore.
HA! For some strange sorted reason, I've always like big guns...and as bad as I hate to say this, but the bigger the better...lol
I'll never forget my daddy sighting in his 30-06 one sunny afternoon, the next thing I remember seeing was blood streaking down the middle of his nose where he'd crawled up on the scope. It dotted him a good one.......
Been toting one ever since........never have been dotted, but know its coming one day when I get all excited.......lol
The heaviest handgun I 've used is .44 magnum.
I 've heard that the .50 caliber is 3 times more powerful.
Anyway, for defensive purposes, u need to decide what u want the ammo to
DO.
For sure, a .44 magnum is likely to overpenetrate.
The exit wound will be much larger than the entrance wound,
promoting exsanguination; ( i.e., your target may die of bloodloss the next day ),
however, every footpound of energy that your slug carries away
after it overpenetrates the target is WASTED,
and dangerous to whatever it hits, somewhere in America.
There is a greater chance that the slower .44 special will remain
within the target ( from which u r defending yourself ),
especially with the hollowpoints expanding, to put the brakes on,
thus DISCHARGING THE MAXIMUM MUZZLE ENERGY INTO THE TARGET
and achieving
optimal stopping power.
David
