Hello John!
Monday July 22 1996 18:57, John Perz wrote to Hannes Ziery:
 ->> The bigger the bullet-hole and the more energy the more stopping
 ->> power.
 JP> Thats true, but only up to a point.  The 125 gr. 357 magnum is a better
 JP> stopper than ANY 44 magnum.  Why?  Because the 44 magnums tend to go in
 JP> one side and out the other, transfering only a PART of their energy to
 JP> the target.  The 357 mag transfers ALL of it's energy to the target.
That`s true for FMJ bullets but if you`ll take SJHP bullet the 357 magnum can 
not reach the 44.
Servus
Hannes
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