Quote Originally Posted by brandonsmart View Post
I think that the .40 cal works just as good as any other caliber of round when your life depends on it. I don't care for the battle of caliber so much but rather the function and feel of the weapon that fires that projectile.
You make an excellent point. I know a police officer who formerly worked at Northglenn PD. He shot and killed a knife weilding suspect with a 9mm Hydrashok - 1 shot, center of mass, dropped the guy like a sack of potatoes right where he stood. As many have posted before me, it's all about shot placement. That being said, however, I seen the autopsy of an assailant who was shot by Pennsylvania PD officers at 25 feet with 180 gr. Speer Gold Dots and that round failed miserably. The assailant was ultimately taken down with 75 gr. Hornady TAP rounds from an AR. I'll post the pic below of the round that hit the assailant in the neck and failed to penetrate or expand properly.