9mm vs .45 vs Rifle A Dr's View of Gunshot Wounds

**Dinat** · 23-10-2012, 13:18

A ER/OR Doctor Andreas Grabinsky from Seattle, talks about GSW's. Interesting look at ballistics from their perspective. Essentially he considers a handgun wound, a handgun wound, and they all lack power. He also makes distinctions between the types of damage seen from the traditional rifle round and the modern small caliber high velocity rounds.

Very interesting video - not sure if it was posted before.

**AfricanShooter** · 23-10-2012, 14:05

It was

**uBestRi** · 23-10-2012, 15:46

The message I get is that he says that a handgun is mostly useless because shot people can have little damage, and even be able to do things like run etc.

**Skaaphaas** · 23-10-2012, 15:54

Originally Posted by uBestRi

The message I get is that he says that a handgun is mostly useless because shot people can have little damage, and even be able to do things like run etc.

That's why follow up shots, quickly and accurately, are so important.

**h0stag3** · 23-10-2012, 15:56

Better yet, find the original post, lots of info there.

**uBestRi** · 23-10-2012, 15:57

Originally Posted by Skaaphaas

That's why follow up shots, quickly and accurately, are so important.

How many times can you shoot somebody without the law being a problem?
The guy in the video was shot twice (looked like center mass), and he still ran, and appeared again later.

**uBestRi** · 23-10-2012, 15:57

Originally Posted by h0stag3

Better yet, find the original post, lots of info there.

Probably.
On my way to find it.

**h0stag3** · 23-10-2012, 16:00

Originally Posted by uBestRi

Probably.
On my way to find it.

Yeah, better for future searchers too. We'll continue in that thread then :-B

**Skaaphaas** · 23-10-2012, 16:04

Originally Posted by uBestRi

How many times can you shoot somebody without the law being a problem?
The guy in the video was shot twice (looked like center mass), and he still ran, and appeared again later.

If you really need to shoot someone, you need to shoot to stop him. If it takes 10 shots to stop him, then so be it. If it means killing him to stop him, then the amount of shots you fire is pretty irrelevant.

**ikor** · 23-10-2012, 18:53

Originally Posted by Skaaphaas

If you really need to shoot someone, you need to shoot to stop him. If it takes 10 shots to stop him, then so be it. If it means killing him to stop him, then the amount of shots you fire is pretty irrelevant.

This ^^^

Put him down and out of the fight (they are not the same thing always). Reflexively shooting two AT him and then ignoring your target will get you killed...