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Belly guns only. Not accurate.

I've actually been within maybe 3-4 feet of a target with a derringer and missed! lol

I use to carry an hk usp .45C back in the day. Love that gun. But switched a few years back to a glock 19 with the trigger pull brought down to 4 lbs, trijicons, and the recoil pin is custom. Me and some friends use to shoot every single weekend out on my buddy's 30 acres and i can tell ya, that Glock will put 10 rounds in the ten ring at 21 feet time after time! It's a gem

For a just on the street pocket gun, I'm with the hammerless revolver too. S&W 642
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Belly guns? What does that even mean?
Something you could shoot at a quick draw, aim roughly and blast someone? I dont know, a .410 from a short barrel is .....as likely to hurt you, as much as the opponent. Im exaggerating of course.

Interesting point, about trigger pull weight on a sidearm though.
 
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Belly guns? What does that even mean?
Something you could shoot at a quick draw, aim roughly and blast someone? I dont know, a .410 from a short barrel is .....as likely to hurt you, as much as the opponent. Im exaggerating of course.

Interesting point, about trigger pull weight on a sidearm though.
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Belly gun = point blank

And yeah, as far as the trigger being smithed, imagine it on a 9mm glock.
 
I don't know who else has done alot of target shooting and testing with semi's and pistols, but I myself have gone through thousands of rounds shooting up all kinds of things from cars to trees (we actually shot a tree down...twice) to a drumset, water-main (oops) to phone books...computers :) Brief cases... Shot of jack and round in the ceiling. Has anyone else done stupid shit like this?
 
I carry a Kimber pro carry II in .45acp & wouldn't carry anything else. I also use a great round produced by RBCD that is awesome in energy delivery.

http://www.rbcd.net/

Look at the ballistic gelatin results compared to hydroshok ammo which is highly rated for personal defense.
 
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I carry a Kimber pro carry II in .45acp & wouldn't carry anything else. I also use a great round produced by RBCD that is awesome in energy delivery.

http://www.rbcd.net/

Look at the ballistic gelatin results compared to hydroshok ammo which is highly rated for personal defense.
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Wanna know something interesting? A phone book will stop a full metal jacket .45 acp round, but not a 9mm fmj or .357 125 gr federal jhp. Hard to believe but true. Fwiw my HK is holding hydroshoks.

Use to have black talons back in the day
 
Quote from Topper:

Wanna know something interesting? A phone book will stop a full metal jacket .45 acp round, but not a 9mm fmj or .357 125 gr federal jhp. Hard to believe but true. Fwiw my HK is holding hydroshoks.

Use to have black talons back in the day
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Next time I am shooting phonebooks that information will come in handy. :D
 
Quote from Topper:

Wanna know something interesting? A phone book will stop a full metal jacket .45 acp round, but not a 9mm fmj or .357 125 gr federal jhp. Hard to believe but true. Fwiw my HK is holding hydroshoks.

Use to have black talons back in the day
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I'm not going to call you out on this, as I've shot many things with a .45ACP (in a variety of platforms), but I've never fired at a telephone book, so I can't say with 100% certainty that this claim is crap, but I'd be astonished if it were true as a .22LR will nearly penetrate a very thick phone book.
 
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I'm not going to call you out on this, as I've shot many things with a .45ACP (in a variety of platforms), but I've never fired at a telephone book, so I can't say with 100% certainty that this claim is crap, but I'd be astonished if it were true as a .22LR will nearly penetrate a very thick phone book.
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Lol, but thats the old argument about "stopping power" isn't it, the effective transfer of kinetic energy.

Look at the old 6.5mm swedish mauser FMJ , probably the best ballistic co-efficient and greatest sectional density of any wartime bullet-yet many reports of it punching a pinprick hole in people and sailing straight through, if it didn't hit bone and tumble.

Unbeleivable penetration, not always great transfer of kinetic energy, which is why the 'ol .45 is such a keeper in a handgun cartidge.
 
Quote from ByLoSellHi:

I'm not going to call you out on this, as I've shot many things with a .45ACP (in a variety of platforms), but I've never fired at a telephone book, so I can't say with 100% certainty that this claim is crap, but I'd be astonished if it were true as a .22LR will nearly penetrate a very thick phone book.
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Well if you think about it, a 45 is a round designed for blunt force as it is basically a heavy chunk of lead with a lower velocity than say a 9 or 357. 850 fps v. 1200+ (around a 50% increase).

If my memory suits, I believe the .40 S&W went through the book too, but the .45 only gets around half way through.

Here's one for you, I shot up a car once with a .32 auto. One of the round's path I traced through the steel of the hatch, through both back and front seats, and was stopped by the seat belt coil. Kinda cool fyi
 
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