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Old 07-30-2006, 12:57 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by eribrav
Let's get serious here. Unless you have a bull elephant invade your home a 9mm bullet has plenty of stopping power.
Although I would tend to agree with you, statistically, a .45 has a relatively significant higher percentage of one shot "stops"

At any rate, I don't think it would matter all that much, but I thought perhaps it would be a consideration since the firearm will be used primarily for self defense...

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9mm auto
Load One-stop %
Corbon115grJHP+P 91%
Rem.124grGoldSabr+P 83%
Win 115grSiltip 83%

.45 auto
Load One-stop %
230gr Hyd-shok 94%
230gr Goldsabr 93%
Corbon 185grJHP 92%
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