The quickest way to double the stopping power of your weapon is a follow up shot
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December 31st, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Blogged this over at my place, Uncle.
http://rivrdog.typepad.com/rivrdog/2010/12/read-it-learn-it-drill-it-then-win-it.html
December 31st, 2010 at 1:50 pm
To me this is a no-brainer. Two to the chest, one to the head. All confrontations should be treated as lethal confrontations. I would never shoot a bad guy just once for the simple reason that once (as pointed out) is rarely enough. I want him to stay down permanently.
That being said, I had an interesting conversation with a former spec-ops guy who contracts now, about the term “stopping power” in relation to caliber. Essentially, he said there’s no such thing; it’s all in the hands of God or the cosmos or plain old Fate. He related to me several instances where he or his team mates plugged bad guys in all the “right places” (perforated lungs, for example), where common sense tells you to just fall down and die already, but the bad guys would just keep running for several hundred more meters or even miles before running out of whatever it was that kept them going in the first place. I’m sure there are plenty of stories out there just like those.
That’s why you should always cause as much damage as possible through multiple shots to keep your assailant down and out as soon as possible.
December 31st, 2010 at 2:23 pm
My older brother, a one-time Ranger, told me when I was a young nipper never to point a gun at anyone I wasn’t about to shoot, and to keep shooting until the threat was stopped. Not shot, not dead, stopped. I believed him.
December 31st, 2010 at 6:16 pm
One of my favorite write ups on the subject over at MadOgre. Very comprehensive.
http://www.madogre.com/Interviews/Magic_Bullets.htm
December 31st, 2010 at 7:55 pm
One of my favorite article writer,always come up with what i want,i find in his articles.
http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/farooq-akbar/469572
December 31st, 2010 at 9:21 pm
A great maxim:
“What’s worth shooting once is worth shooting twice”
And of course that goes for 3x and up. If you are ever unfortunate enough to be in a situation where your life is in danger, ammo is cheap, your life is expensive.