Hardball vs. Hardball----Does Caliber Matter?

[WillBrink]

Let's say that the latest, greatest high tech ammunition offerings cease to be available to civilians and maybe even to LEO's except in very small quantities.

But, various hardball ammo is available although even that is scarce and expensive. Given the current situation, that's not exactly a far fetched scenario.


Does caliber matter at that point?

I think, personally, I'd probably load up some 200 grain, lead, .45 Semi Wadcutters- the old HG 68 bullet....in that situation. The Semi Wadcutter is a decades long proven killer of mammals of all shapes and sizes.

The old thought was if you were not going to have JHP, make the biggest hole possible, so .45 was the choice. A more modern POV is that all handgun calibers in typical duty loads are poor man stoppers, so the reduced recoil and greater capacity favors the 9mm. That's my non expert understanding.