INVICTVS138 wrote: Thu Apr 14, 2022 7:28 pm Good thread.

If found this from personally experience competing in a fair amount of USPSA matches: small pistols while better than nothing, are very difficult to control and fire accurately & rapidly in any sort of stress. We ran a few back up gun matches and my “back up gun” at the time (kel-Tec .380) was far inferior to the gun I competed with in every respect - a Glock 21. In regards to rapid accurate fire while moving dynamically and engaging moving and or multiple targets. Larger duty sized or compact (not subcompact) handguns are large enough to manipulate and fight. A typical, polymer framed double stack, 9mm (or any other common defensive caliber) is easier to deploy and employ. I can shoot one way faster and more accurately than an air weight, JFrame.

That being said - I oftentimes carry a JFrame. I consider it a belly gun at best, and I limit my rapid fire defensive training to about 3-5 yards. If I’m punching paper slow, single fire than nothing beats a good SA revolver trigger pull. I can also shoot a full size 1911 fairly rapidly and accurately- again Becuase it’s a 45 oz handgun with a good trigger and .45 ACP is fairly mild in that platform.

Anecdotally, I’ve noticed zero difference on raccoons between the handgun calibers in: .45 colt, .45 ACP .38 Spec, .357 mag unless you get a direct hit on a CNS. The CNS is hard to hit on a tiny scurrying critter. About two weeks ago, I shot a raccoon twice with a stompy .45 colt “Taffin load” out of a carbine & I had to wait for it to bleed out. After my experiences shooting & hunting animals I’m am zero convinced that anything less than a direct hit to CNS with almost any pistol will stop an assailant immediately- one needs to get a “psychological stop” or a “physical stop.”

I would say is be aware of your limitations of the system you choose to carry on a given day.


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