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Old December 22nd, 2006
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Default Re: .45 vs. .357

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Originally Posted by DrakinClaw View Post
wow, you guys likes to write books to your responses lol. As you can read before, the size difference is marginal, however the .45 acp is the most COMMON round in the us for a handgun, you will never have trouble finding it, sig however........
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+1 I feel like i'm reading a book sometimes.

45 is very common as compared to .357. But as we have learned from Box O' Truth as informal as it is. Higher velocity will penetrate body armor better. No pistol will penetrate completely of course. Just the like the slower the velocity the farther it will go in sand.

The only thing I learn out of this is 9mm Luger is pretty much useless as compared to a 40 SW.

I haven't heard of anyone complaining that a 45 won't penetrate. I'm curious about the "Hazleton LEO shootout" where someone mentioned about the lack of penetration on 40 SW rounds. Is it a velocity or energy issue? if it is even true they are having problems wiht penetration.
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