Handgun Ammunition Stopping Power

[Ad Orientem]

A breakdown of stopping power for various handgun cartridges and calibers based on one shot stops.

http://www.hendonpub.com/resources/arti ... ls?id=4593

[Pointedstick]

Good stuff, but that article was published 11 years ago. Handgun ammunition technology has come a long way in that time. Better powders and better bullets. My sense is that modern 9mm is much more deadly than yesteryear's and modern .380 approaches what 9mm used to do. Of course this makes modern .45 equally superior, but if what you're looking for is "enough," more and more cartridges are going to meet it today.

[Ad Orientem]

Ooops. I misread the publication date. Thought it was 2014.

[Pointedstick]

While we're on the subject, has anyone heard anything about http://www.polycaseammo.com ?

There's a lot of hype and I'm curious to know if it lives up.

[Mountaineer]

While we're on the subject, has anyone heard anything about http://www.polycaseammo.com ?

There's a lot of hype and I'm curious to know if it lives up.

I'm not positive but I think one of the NRA pubs, probably American Rifleman, had a test of it in the last couple of months.  I don't remember the conclusion.

... M