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Nanuk · June 16, 2013, 12:50 PM

Handguns are not good for stopping cars. They can be good for shooting into cars though. My grandfather was a cop in Milwaukee, Wi in the 1920's and 1930's.

I asked him once when I was a lad about chasing bad guys. His reply was simple, " If I turned on the lights and they sped up, I just stopped and used my 03A3 and put a 30-06 armor piercing thru the rear differential, they stopped pretty quick". He also taught marksmanship for the Army during WWI so he could shoot.

June 16, 2013, 12:50 PM	#15
Nanuk Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2005 Location: Where the deer and the antelope roam. Posts: 3,082	Handguns are not good for stopping cars. They can be good for shooting into cars though. My grandfather was a cop in Milwaukee, Wi in the 1920's and 1930's. I asked him once when I was a lad about chasing bad guys. His reply was simple, " If I turned on the lights and they sped up, I just stopped and used my 03A3 and put a 30-06 armor piercing thru the rear differential, they stopped pretty quick". He also taught marksmanship for the Army during WWI so he could shoot. __________________ Retired Law Enforcement U. S. Army Veteran Armorer My rifle and pistol are tools, I am the weapon.