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<blockquote data-quote="criticalbass" data-source="post: 2147422" data-attributes="member: 711">Marginal.&nbsp; Like several have said, better than nothing, but can and often does fail to stop an assailant soon enough.I once read something that could have been titled &quot;the psychology of being shot.&quot;&nbsp; I think that wasn&#039;t the title, but it was the subject, and as I recall it said that stopping power depends to a great extent on the mindset of the person shot.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure that&#039;s what is behind the stories we hear about drugged up or crazy persons absorbing major lead and continuing to march for a while.Again, the .22 is better than nothing.&nbsp; For whoever lumped the .25 with the .380, these two rounds are a long way apart, though I do consider the .380 marginal.&nbsp; For many years a high percentage of European LEOs carried 9x17 guns, though the ammo tended to be a little hotter than cheap .380.&nbsp; Some of the self defense .380 is now pretty potent.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="criticalbass, post: 2147422, member: 711"] Marginal. Like several have said, better than nothing, but can and often does fail to stop an assailant soon enough. I once read something that could have been titled "the psychology of being shot." I think that wasn't the title, but it was the subject, and as I recall it said that stopping power depends to a great extent on the mindset of the person shot. I'm sure that's what is behind the stories we hear about drugged up or crazy persons absorbing major lead and continuing to march for a while. Again, the .22 is better than nothing. For whoever lumped the .25 with the .380, these two rounds are a long way apart, though I do consider the .380 marginal. For many years a high percentage of European LEOs carried 9x17 guns, though the ammo tended to be a little hotter than cheap .380. Some of the self defense .380 is now pretty potent. [/QUOTE]

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