Thread: .45 vs. .357
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Old December 28th, 2006
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Default Re: .45 vs. .357

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Originally Posted by The Drew View Post
While you are right that the formula for piercing soft body armor is surface area and velocity, NO handgun short of a FiveseveN with proper ammo should be considered reliable at piercing soft bodyarmor, and even then the effectiveness of the round is somewhat in question.
I disagree - I know of 2 handgun rounds that have never failed to penetrate vests during my testing. I won't post them, because anyone can read this forum, but do a little digging and you'll find them.
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