{"id":15401,"date":"2018-12-23T14:14:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T14:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=15401"},"modified":"2018-12-23T14:14:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-23T14:14:56","slug":"does-hole-size-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/does-hole-size-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Hole Size Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though there have been countless studies and theories about the mythical notion of stopping power, the debate continues on. It is mostly argued by those who have never seen someone who has been shot with anything, much less modern defensive handgun ammunition. Velocity, caliber, and energy are often cited as what matters most, but maybe we hare overlooking something – the size of the hole that you make in the bad guy. Here is a different approach to the confusion surrounding which handgun cartridge you might should select.<\/p>\n

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What do handgun bullets do? They make holes. Maybe the size of that hole is what matters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When it comes to defensive-handgun cartridges and ammo, I have preferences and biases. But, I also acknowledge when it comes to stopping a bad guy with a handgun there are no absolutes. You cannot predict with any certainty how fast incapacitation will occur. Sure, central nervous system and spinal hits should be immediate and sometimes a hit anywhere is enough to change a felon\u2019s mind. The problem is, there\u2019s no guarantee of getting the former, and the latter might not incapacitate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2509,2820,2816],"tags":[315,316,448,1137,457,319],"class_list":["post-15401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defense","category-latest","category-nras-shooting-illustrated","tag-40-sw","tag-45-auto","tag-9mm","tag-defensive-handguns","tag-self-defense","tag-stopping-power"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Hole-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-40p","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7685,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/nothing-magic-here\/","url_meta":{"origin":15401,"position":0},"title":"Nothing Magic Here","author":"gunwriter","date":"October 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Thoughts on the effectiveness of various defensive handgun cartridges vary as much as opinions as to how sexy or attractive Britney Spears is. 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