Field Report

For, of course, entertainment purposes only.

A while ago some special accoutrements were sent to the sand box. A 4" Glock 23 barrel to fit in a Glock 27 for a bit more velocity, and some 135 grain nosler rounds cranking close to 1400 fps from the finished product. This was done to provide a backup gun with a longer barrel. We aim to please so don't ask as the whole story is long and boring.

So then. G-27 with a 4" barrel being fed 1400 fps nosler hollowpoints.

"The takedown was something special. At closer range, lets say twenty to thirty feet and one squeeze was all it took for a KO. This happened 7 times while clearing too many rooms in too many homes to count or even remember. As you know, the tunnel rats wanted more than we could provide and these did the job as well or better than the heavier bullets, but only at close range, so remember that."

The one-shot-stop has been called a myth for so long that even those who should know better agree that such a phenomena is impossible, or highly unlikely when speaking of handguns. Good shooters do it all the time, however, and are highly critical of platforms and munitions that are not as good as they are.

What I'd say we're beginning to learn is that the above ammo from the above gun is capable of ending hostilities one shot at a time as long as the distance between shooter and target is relatively small. So is the usual encounter of the concealed weapons kind back here at home. It would appear that the pressure wave generated is enough to provide one-shot-stopping power in the hands of someone with a high degree of accuracy, and really now, isn't this something we've known for quite some time from lessons learned through the barrel of a .357 magnum? When toting such a gun I like 125 grainers at 1600 or 158 ones at 1400, and these numbers ballpark what the field is telling us.

Not that I'll be changing carry loads soon. I have fallen under the spell of 180 grain HST's from Federal when using an automatic, and if and when more info heads this way concerning those loads in the real world, you'll be the second to know.

By the way, 135 grain rounds available for the .40 S&W and .357 Sig are so close in velocity as to make the weapons indistinguishable. I prefer the .40 because I can go light and fast OR slower and heavy depending upon the circumstances. Heavier bullets don't need to be placed as precisely as lighter ones. This is an advantage I've always liked having when someone was shooting back and perhaps, just perhaps mind you, my aim was being hampered by pesky bullets heading my way.