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[EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes:
>Gimme some rapid fire armour piercing every time
When used against flesh, as opposed to armor, armor piercing rounds
inevitably over penetrate. Even if they strike a couple of very small,
very specific spots and actually kill him, they pass right through the guy
who's giving you the trouble. More likely they'll miss the "sweet spots"
leaving neat, ice pick like wounds that only piss him off. Then they'll
continue on, right through the wall behind him and into your neighbor's
house where, if you're lucky, they'll only piss him off too.
No, what you really want is a big, heavy, slow round that mushrooms and
tumbles, makes a gawd-awful mess and then stops. A .45 ACP or two will
drop anything human. For your ten foot long reptiles (mammals too) I
recommend the .44 magnum. It's the traditional bear hunters insurance
policy. I've heard that in the old days bwana sahib would hunt tigers from
the back of an elephant with a couple of single shot .50 caliber back up
pistols tucked in his belt in case a bit too much gin and tonic spoiled
his aim and the tiger began climbing up the side of the elephant to
complain. It sounds like a real thumb breaker to me, but I guess a busted
thumb beats having your head ripped off, doesn't it?
Rapid fire isn't all it's cracked up to be, either. Ones's completely
natural tendency to "spray and pray" when panic sets in, as it does rather
quickly in most cases of sudden, potentially lethal assault, must be
overcome (easier said than done). It doesn't matter how many rounds you
can put into the air as he closes ground between you. It does matter how
many you put in him.
In one famous incident during America's formative years, Wild Bill Hickock
drew and calmly aimed a single killing shot while his opponent fired four
(count 'em) shots, none of which struck home. What great, glittering brass
testicles he must have had. No wonder he died shot from behind.
The best weapon for a civilian with little training and less practice is
the trusty old .12 gauge. When loaded with #9 bird shot it's is very
unlikely to leave the room or, in most rooms, ricochet. It will divide the
attacker into two or, with luck, three separate portions, one of them
gooey and splattered across the far wall. When loaded with buckshot for
outdoor use, it's the match of any SMG. Alaskans who aren't hunting bear,
but merely out for a walk in the woods, swear by the .12 gauge as the best
bear insurance ever. Semi-auto models cycle quicker, but if a pump action
jams you can unjam it in a single move. If a semi-auto jams you have to
call a time out while you take it to a qualified gun smith. Few attackers,
reptiles in particular, can be counted on to comply with the time out. Oh,
I suppose you could show him the rule book or appeal to his sense of fair
play, but as for me, I prefer the pump action any day. Trust Allah, but
tether your camel.
"Never count on appealing to a man's better nature. He might not have
one."
-- R. A. Heinlein
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