mikeintexas wrote:surprise_i'm_armed wrote:
.45 is the "manly" round. You won't get as many rounds in the weapon, but if you hit someone with one of these, the stopping power is immense.
My wife and I both shoot .45's. She isn't manly!
And just to avoid confusion it's probably worth a comment that no handgun in common use for daily carry has immense stopping power. Unless you're talking about something like a .500 S&W Magnum out of a 10-inch barrel, the vast majority of handguns are underpowered. That's why they're considered defensive rather than offensive implements, and why over 3 out of 4 people incurring a handgun wound survive. Don't get me wrong: handguns are
effective defensive implements...they just aren't the manstoppers that movies lead the average viewer to believe.
