gramps said:
Upper abd/lower chest. Hard to tell with massively obese people. I didn't get to see the X-rays. Since you seem to discount my observations, there is the 1985 FBI debacle in Miami, then a perp absorbed 33-9 mm hits and 3-12 ga slugs before succumbing in Chicago that Mas Ayoob reported. There are plenty of reports that are similar. The reason they left the 9 for the .40 in the first place!
gramps
That was how many years ago? As stated most people that have been around through the whole revolver to auto transition and worked in LE since the mid 1980's (I'm one of them) Have seen the dismal start with the first generation 9mm and it didn't perform well. That is why the training doctrine went to "shoot two reassess or shoot til the threat goes away". We never did that in the 357 mag days as far as across the board.
Today we are on like the third or forth generation JHP technology with the 9mm and the ammo companies have got it down. It is nowhere near as bad as the first (like 25 years ago). Todays 9mm JHP (at least the good quality gold Dot, Golden Sabre etc etc) is every bit as effective and neck in neck as good as a 40 or 45 period.
As far as others claim here about "well if you were a centimeter etc off from an artery with a 9mm a 45 would have gotten it" is complete hogwash. When your in a fight it don't matter, Murphys Law will make the artery get missed whether you have a 9mm or a 50 BMG.
If you like the 40 or 45 fine but it's more a matter of personal preference than performance these days.
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