Handgun owners love to debate the comparative virtues of their favored pistol ammunition for self-defense. Two of the most common rounds are 9mm and .45 ammunition. When evaluating these two rounds, it’s important to remember that the goal of any self-defense shooting scenario is to stop the attack, regardless of whether the attacker dies. Ideally, a defensive pistol round should expand or even fragment inside the body. Ultimately, which caliber you choose is much less important than precise shot placement and the number of shots on target.
Key Takeaways:
- Regardless of what ammunition you use, most rounds will not immediately stop — let alone kill — an attacker with one shot.
- Self-defense rounds tend to be hollow-point rounds designed to deform, expand, or even fragment inside the body.
- What really matters more than caliber is your ability to hit the target multiple times with the highest level of precise shot placement possible.
“To defeat a common myth from the start, self defense shooting does not have killing as its purpose.”
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