To be fair, the Moros would get hopped up on hashish and tourniquet their limbs before battle when they could. If I remember right, they also would eat multiple .30-40 Krag rounds before dropping.
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I think the issue with less powerful pistol rounds like .38 S&W Long is one of penetration through cover and the rudimentary armor the Moro's fashioned to themselves.
Soft, slow round bullets don't help.
.38 special has always done poorly against penetration things, too. Especially with slow, round nosed bullets fired from short barrels.
But against a lightly clothed person/people I'm comfortable down to a fast-handling .32 in a medium sized handgun.
Wasn't this load jokingly referred to as the Widowmaker?
Not because it made the bad guy's wife a widow, either....
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This video illustrates what others have already posted. The LRN segment is at 3:10 https://youtu.be/2Ru1SldF5BM