I shot a bunny rabbit in the body with a 9mm fmj at fairly close range. He kind of hopped away and was eating grass when I shot him in the head. Totally changed how I feel about handgun effectiveness.
Andy
I shot a bunny rabbit in the body with a 9mm fmj at fairly close range. He kind of hopped away and was eating grass when I shot him in the head. Totally changed how I feel about handgun effectiveness.
Andy
It's all the same at duty caliber energy levels. Even in high power magnums though the bullets tend to tumble anyways, so it's all pretty similar in the end. Especially for duty pistols though it makes the most sense to optimize the bullet for reliable feeding, affordability, and penetration, both in barriers and in terms of staying on a straight path through the target and not breaking apart. I do think there's some evidence that flatter bullets tend to be less prone to veering off course, which is a really serious problem with handguns in general. Even 9mm FMJs which are a best case scenario for velocity and sectional density and everything, they can do some really surprising things according the medical literature, both during and after the fact.
I believe calibur always matters.
Had a pet rabbit once when I was younger. He had a tooth get infected and while I was at work dug a hole in the side of his head scratching at it. Not about to spend a bazillion bucks on a damn rabbit in Vet bills I decided to put him down so off to the woods we went.
Only firearm I had at the time was a Ruger super blackhawk in 44mag.
Shot him in the body and... Turned him more or less inside out. There was no 'hopping away' crap.
Not all handguns are as weak as a 9sillimeter...
Last edited by AndyLate; 02-26-22 at 22:54.
Last edited by Alaskapopo; 02-26-22 at 23:07.
The BS is piling on big time.. I shot a rabbit with a 9mm and he started eating grass after…lmao. Man there is some comical stuff on here tonight
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