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Shoot to Wound vs. Shoot to Stop vs. Shoot to Kill.
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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 2410482" data-attributes="member: 9374"><p>Killing is stopping. If you stop the threat before they are dead, then stop shooting. Personally, I'd <strong>like </strong>to think I had enough concentration and mental fortitude to pump 4-5 rounds of .45 (my most-frequent carry caliber) into center mass before they went down... aka rapid, controlled-fire. </p><p></p><p>Then the issue becomes a moot point. Overwhelming and instant force WILL stop the threat 99% of the time... the fact that the end result is death on top of stopping the threat is... well... moot. I don't subscribe to the "2 to the chest, 1 to the head" mentality, because I think the majority of the time you can do 4-5 rounds to center mass in the time it would take you to do 2+1. With better surety of your target. And probably be about equally as effective (as the 2+1).</p><p></p><p>I personally only know of one situation where someone took 5 (or was it 6?) rounds of .357 Magnum to center mass and still remained enough of a threat to kill the trooper who shot him. Paralyzed, laying on his back in a ditch, he still managed to kill the trooper <strong>after </strong>that with a .22 Derringer. <img src="/images/smilies/frown.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>RIP</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 2410482, member: 9374"] Killing is stopping. If you stop the threat before they are dead, then stop shooting. Personally, I'd [B]like [/B]to think I had enough concentration and mental fortitude to pump 4-5 rounds of .45 (my most-frequent carry caliber) into center mass before they went down... aka rapid, controlled-fire. Then the issue becomes a moot point. Overwhelming and instant force WILL stop the threat 99% of the time... the fact that the end result is death on top of stopping the threat is... well... moot. I don't subscribe to the "2 to the chest, 1 to the head" mentality, because I think the majority of the time you can do 4-5 rounds to center mass in the time it would take you to do 2+1. With better surety of your target. And probably be about equally as effective (as the 2+1). I personally only know of one situation where someone took 5 (or was it 6?) rounds of .357 Magnum to center mass and still remained enough of a threat to kill the trooper who shot him. Paralyzed, laying on his back in a ditch, he still managed to kill the trooper [B]after [/B]that with a .22 Derringer. :( RIP [/QUOTE]
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