Some 25 + years ago, I was involved in my one & only OIS (officer involved shooting). The perp was a 3-striker headed back to prison for life. He was a Norteno shot-caller with a kilo of meth and nothing to lose. He was in a 78 Dodge Tradesman van, a small tank and some 28 rounds were fired and contained to the van. My point here is that 5 officers were involved and it was interesting to see the difference in the 9mm vs the 45 acp damage. While the 45 acp made huge holes in the sheet metal, most failed to penetrate much deeper than the door/dash area, the 9mm penetrated and continued into the perp.
While it was several rounds of unencumbered 9mm that did him in, I assuming due to the loss of energy that the 45 acp failed to penetrate beyond the sheet metal. I don't know all the stat's regarding the type of ammo save the one I was using. It was a HP sub-sonic round, I think it was a Speer 147 grain.
Now I know I pissed in some of y'alls Cheerios but this was an eye opener for me. Again, I disclose I'm not a ballistics expert, just found it interesting.
Now that's said, full speed ahead and damn the torpedoes.
While it was several rounds of unencumbered 9mm that did him in, I assuming due to the loss of energy that the 45 acp failed to penetrate beyond the sheet metal. I don't know all the stat's regarding the type of ammo save the one I was using. It was a HP sub-sonic round, I think it was a Speer 147 grain.
Now I know I pissed in some of y'alls Cheerios but this was an eye opener for me. Again, I disclose I'm not a ballistics expert, just found it interesting.
Now that's said, full speed ahead and damn the torpedoes.