Hey everyone, here is this weeks article on the 9 mm platform. Below is my main 9mm, platform, a Taurus, yep a Taurus. I do not buy expensive platforms; I do buy solid platforms with good value. I also own a Walther P-38, a Canik Model 55 Stingray, and a SCCY. The only one I do not carry is the Walther because of the limited round capacity; I however love to shoot it. Round capacity is the perfect transition of why I like the 9mm.  I full understand the importance of the .45 in a CQB situation. The 1911 was developed exactly for that purpose, specifically for the U.S. Army during the Philippine Guerilla War. The Army was being hacked to pieces by Maro Warriors, with their bolo machetes. The 38 specials were to light of a round. Therefore, the 45 was developed. The Army put out a request for a pistol that could stop a 200-pound man at 3 feet and knock them back 6 feet. Mr. Browning did a superb job. Please do not get me wrong I love the 45, but while the round is not outdated, the platforms are. Please lets not get into, this platform hold this many, or if you change mags fast enough, it takes one shot etc. trust me when I tell you if your shot placement is good enough you can take someone out with a 22 cal. I am going to present some fact why a 9 mm should be your sidearm of choice. Also right up front, what I like and what you like as far as brands go are going to be different, so choose your own flavor. 1. The 9 mm does not have the recoil of the 45. 2. The 9 mm has a larger round capacity. 3. The 9 mm is used by NATO, the US Army, DHS, TSA, U.N. and every major Police Dept. in the US and worldwide. Why is this important, resupply. These are the three main reasons why you should have a 9mm. I use the below round in all of my platforms except the Walther, I would need to do a throat job on it to get the larger round to feed. I just cannot bring myself to do that to that platform. I use the bellow-listed rounds; you can still find these rounds out there. They are expensive today. I started prepping years ago. I got serious when Obama looked like he was going to win and his famous speech, in Colorado, where he said “we need a National Police Force as strong, equipped and as well trained as the military“. I am not the sharpest pencil in the box, but I fully understood what he meant. If you disagree with me that is your right. However, I do not think that police departments need APCs to write tickets. A very important note the 9mm is not as effective with a lighter round. With a pistol, you want a large slow round that will allow for rapid expansion without going to deep. I also modify my rounds, which is perfectly legal under the BATF Rules, as long as you do not place more than ¼ ounce of explosive in a round its legal. Will not get into that, to much liability. I assure that the round feed no problem, and the cavitation is unmatched. Cavitation is the size of the cavity created by a projectile when it enters a target 9mm 147 grain Winchester Ranger Talon JHP Test Gun Barrel Length Velocity Bare Gelatin Clothed Gelatin Penetration Expansion Penetration Expansion S&W M3953 3.5 864 fps 13.80 0.61 15.25 0.59 9mm 147 grain Winchester Ranger Talon JHP Test Gun Barrel Length Velocity Bare Gelatin Clothed Gelatin Penetration Expansion Penetration Expansion Beretta M92FS 5.0 1017 fps 13.75 0.66 15.50 0.65 Heavy weight (so 147-grain) = heavy penetration & moderate expansion Medium weight (124-grain) = good balance of penetration and expansion Light weight (115-grain) = moderate penetration with impressive expansion First, because at 3 to 7 meters, a heavier bullet is more important than a faster hot load such that might cause some problems for certain makes of pistols. If the range of engagement is longer, then I would want something that has more speed because the trajectory will be relatively flatter and so less Windage and elevation adjustments.  experts in the field all agree that momentum is the stopper. Momentum is higher with heavy weight bullets that for all practical purposes achieve nearly identical kinetic energy figures but do it at lower velocity. Momentum increases penetration, and penetration is a good thing. Reaching a vital organ is your goal. Don’t let anything stop you from doing that if you need to. In ballistic gel most full power handgun bullets will penetrate 12. This does not mean they will go thru a person less than 12 thick. The human body is not ballistic gelatin. The human body is not homogenous in material property, by any means. It is also not the same in every presentation. In theory, if you need to shoot someone they are advancing toward you with a weapon of some kind raised. Your response should be to attempt to place a bullet in one of their vital organs, and to do it repeatedly until they fall down and stop getting up. If you hold center of mass, your first shot is likely to strike your attacker in the lower arms, or on the weapon. The bullet you choose should have sufficient momentum to pass thru this obstacle and then thru the thickness of their body cavity (8-20). clothing, interruption in the moment of impact as the bullet passes thru alternately air/flesh/air, bone (rib cage), pocket contents; all these things make penetration less predictable as projectile weight goes down and speed increases (flat faced bullets go straight thru, pointed bullets deflect). Bullet jacketing is also a negative in terms of terminal concentricity. Soft lead will stay on target better. That being the case, your best 9mm bullet would be a heavy weight cast lead that has a truncated cone that feeds reliably in your gun. It should be hard enough to prevent leading and ramp shaving, but otherwise as soft as possible. This will allow your bullet to find the heart, spine, aorta, spleen, liver, or kidney, and affect a rapid bleed out or paralysis. Headshots are more problematic than center of mass, and the skull is a strong structure that is actually shaped nothing like your head appears. The palatine plate, sphenoid bone, and cranial floor are nearly parallel to your line of bullet flight and will deflect a bullet if you shoot someone thru the teeth, and cervical vertebra can turn most jacketed bullets you would use in a 9mm, so the spine will likely survive impairment. If you have to take a head shot, shoot for the eye socket closest to you, and your bullet will be funneled right into the brain and likely immediately and permanently resolve the conflict. Then there is the question of body armor. Career criminals are spending money on this more than you and I would like to believe. With them, money is easy come, easy go. If your first two rounds to COM do not stop the advance, hold lower. The head shot is harder than the pelvic shot. The pelvis contains a series of arteries that are fast bleeders, and a series of veins that will also drain, as well as major nerves upon which mobility is dependent. A heavy bullet going thru the pelvic girdle could also cripple an advance. Nobody between here and the sandbox wears groin protectors, so its a guaranteed penetration. The other thing with a head shot, difficult to go before a jury and have your lawyer try to explain its self-defense. The key factor with any platform is practice, practice, practice. Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice does. Any shooter needs to shoot with a partner, so they can watch how you shoot and give correction, to stance, hand position, etc. Also, remember that in the real world, no ones stands still, those that do end up KIA and that is a bad day. If you have not been in combat, I would suggest you do a couple of forty yard sprints, then start shooting, this will come close to what its like. I will also tell you the first time you use a pistol platform in the real world, the barrel looks two miles long and all you see is a very tiny circle of your target. If you don’t train, you will choke, and you will have no peripheral vision, not breath and certainly no situational awareness. This is why you work and practice as a team. In closing, I would like to stress the following: 1. Shot placement is critical with any platform. 2. You must practice, and it is best to practice with at least one other. 3. Get a hand gripper, and work it. The fast shooters I know, use a tool that guitar players use, looks like the little clicker umpires use, but there is a button for every finger. 4. Speed comes with time don’t rush it, accuracy is first and foremost, place the round where it needs to go, the first shot. 5. Always use the correct safety gear. 6. If you are involved in a civilian shooting, I would highly encourage remembering these Five words… “I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY”. Remember anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. 7. If you have to shoot, shoot until the target is down and does not move. Your life is the most important. When in doubt dump the clip. 8. These articles are simply intended to share one point of view, based on experience. I am not an Attorney, so I can’t tell you when to shoot, but I do believe in the old saying “It’s better to be tried by 12 then carried by 6. I hope you are able to gain some knowledge from this article, share it as much as you like. The more people see it the more will survive. I posted a video of some New Mexico Police lighting up a camper. They used a flash bang, the cut the man down. The time is getting closer I fear. Stay ready God Speed 150 rounds in less than 8 minutes, could have been faster but only have 4 high cap mags, 10 m sustained rate of fire, its not the platform, its practice and shot placement
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 02:10:19 +0000
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