It is an Old School heavy WW1 type British made revolver that shoots a low pressure slow moving 265 grain bullet that isn't going to win any medals at Camp Perry but will certainly be adequate for defending myself against plastic gallon jugs.
The bullet is in the 6-700 FPS range and makes it a manstopper along the lines of the .45ACP which is suitable for home defense even though it isn't at the top of the list.
On the other hand I would imagine any intruder confronted my an old man in a pair of Jockey shorts with a Webley in one hand and a Gurkha Service No 1 Kukri in the other would probably not stick around for very long. Think of a freight train changing its mind and taking a dirt road.
Still, it ought to be a hoot making plastic gallon jugs burst and throw water all over the place.
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I have been listening to a few do-gooders throwing around terms they do not understand. Killing power =/= stopping power. The two are a pair of distinctly different things.
An example is a .357 magnum which will hit a human and punch a hole through him without slowing up. It can and will easily kill because a person will simply bleed out. It may take a while. In the meantime the person is still dangerous.
On the other hand stopping power is the ability to make a person change his behavior instantly by incapacitating him. A person so afflicted simply is instantly unable to continue the fight.
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Saw the high-power hole-driller magnum phenomena hunting.
ReplyDeleteThe hunters using Monster Ultra Magnum hole-drillers had to shoot their game a couple times and the game ran a long ways.
My supposedly thoroughly outclassed 7.65 Nato shouldn't have given a moose more than a tickle per the Ultra Mag hunters, did its humble job. Moose tend to move a bit even if they are dead on their feet, though mine didn't do much more than stumble a few strides before setting down.
As I carried only a 2-1/2 power scope, my carry weight even with back-up iron sites (which they lacked on their Ultra Mag rifles) was 7-1/2 pounds with scope/sling and loaded vs theirs which weighed in just under 12 lbs each with scope/accessories.
Okay, was I geared up for a 300 yard shot? Not so much, as I am only a combat grade shooter at that range and further, and I optimized by equipment for the 40-200 yard hunting zone I'm best at.
Shot placement matters. I spoiled no meat by taking the recommended aim point shot, vs some larger losses from other's shot placement. There is enough meat in a moose harvest that 5-10 lbs spoiled from a ill placed shot isn't critical, but I like to maximize my harvest.
With the 7.65/.308 do the put-down vs the drill-through media darling rounds?
Sure seems so.
Now on the flip side it is really fun to shoot zippy rounds like that little 5.7mm FN round. Puts a real smile on your face.
But if one had to defend against a crackhead, perhaps a good old 45 ACP would do the trick of stopping them, rather than leaving them drilled & bleeding out, but still attacking?
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