From:	hernandez <hernandez@********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Heavy pistol damage
Date:	Tue, 8 Jul 1997 17:02:41 -0700

I'm sure that proper round selection makes more of a difference than
perhaps some people may think. All I can relate to is my own experience
with weapons. Being in the Military (Military Police), our sidearm was the
.45 ACP which uses a FMJ round. Having actually used it on a person, I
think it made a pretty good hole in him, plus it stopped him pretty quickly
(which is why there isn't a plate in my head right now).
We then switched to the Beretta 9mm (also a FMJ). A friend who went to
Somalia said he'd have to shoot a couple of times because the velocity of
the round. It would go right through them without much in the way of
"stopping" the person.
I presently hold a federal law enforcement position and our issue sidearm
is the Beretta .40cal with jacketed hollow points.
Not quite the 10mm that was tested by the FBI, but close enough.

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