Interesting.Quote from LEAPup:
When I was a Police Officer paying my way through College, I was involved in a shooting. "Back then," we were issued Winchester Black Talons for our Glock 21 .45
The Author says that hollow point rounds stay in the person, and that wasn't the case in this incident, but I do agree with what he's trying to say. I certainly agree with: "Save the 230 grain ball (FMJ) loads for practice; carry FMJ ammo only if you must because your gun jams with hollowpoints. The Llama, Federal Ordnance, AMT, and Auto-Ordnance M1911A1 copies often jam with anything except 230 grain ball. Never compromise when it comes to reliability: if your gun only feeds ball, then ball is what you carry."
These days, I carry Winchester Ranger 230 grain in my Kimber as they're the "Black Talon" rounds without the black paint. I've seen what they can do, and they do work... One thing the Author really needs to point out imo is SHOT PLACEMENT. That's THE single most important factor for stopping the fight quickly.
The .45 is the absolute best combat round imo that has ever been produced for CQB, I've actually used it, and is about all I carry. I'll have to laugh a little though as every police department in my area is carrying either .40S&W or .45ACP with up to four magazines vs. two spares when I did the job. When I went through the State Police Academy, and for the first eight months out, we still carried the .357 Magnum before transitioning over to the .45. At that time, we had six rounds ready, and two hks speedloaders on duty belt (12rounds) that was it. That was all we had... Guess I'm giving away my age?lol
There's a small town officer in my area who likes a wheelgun, and still carries a S&W 4" 686 .357 Magnum and two speed loaders. He's the unlucky guy who over the last 21 years has shot three people. All three died on the scene. The last time I spoke with him at the range, we talked about shot placement, and both agree that it's 100% about where you put the rounds vs. what you're carrying. We both fight over the .45 and .357 mag to a degree,but we at least agree on the above.
I believe the author does stress shot placement in that article. And while he thinks highly of the .45 and carries one himself he hinted that the .357 might be a marginally better self defense round.
From one of the other links I posted earlier, the average number of rounds fired in a close quarter situation is 2.6, and about the only time reloading (let alone speed reloading) was an issue was during incidents involving a siege or suppressive fire. Which most armed civilians would not get involved with obviously.
