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Written by Mohican Shooter
So Many Calibers, How To Choose What’s Right For You
Which Caliber should you go for? This topic will be a hot debate among the giants of the industry. Terms like terminal ballistics, bullet expansion, wound cavities, hollow point and wound channels will be thrown around quite often.
What you need to know. Yes it's nice to have a large caliber when it comes to a weapon you are planning to use for self defense but that's not all that matters. Shot placement is far more important but more illusive as it has to do with your commitment to training. Most people look to 9mm or .45 caliber as their go to self defense rounds while others pick a smaller .380 caliber to do the job. All of the above calibers will do the job as long as you hit the target enough times in the places that matter. Those places would be the head, heart, spine, hips, and major artery channels. At the end of the day, training is what matters most and what will set you apart. Having a gun and knowing how to use it are two very different things and routine training should be on the top of your priority list.
In most situations, for self defense you do want to use a Hollow Point bullet. But it’s worth mentioning, most people will find that balance in the most popular round which is 9mm. It has both the speed and expansion of Hollow point while getting the job done without having a massive recoil.
As an instructor who has been running shooting courses for many years now, I have noticed again and again that many people pick a poorly designed handgun for self defense situations. Most people who make that mistake are in love with a particular look or design that a novel gun manufacturer was able to create.
Here are some basic examples of what to avoid as it slows you down under pressure.
Novelty guns which are usually old may have a mag release botton or lever thats not optimal for you during the stress of a combat reload.
here are some examples for you to see and avoid if you are planning to use it for self-defense
you can see that the magazine release is on the bottom of this old Italian Berretta .
here you can see that in order to release the magazine one needs to press the rigidy catch on the bottom which will drop the mag into your hand.
both examples are not ideal for quick reloads under stress, and should be avoided.
Written by Mohican Shooter