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Old January 3, 2009, 01:28 PM   #3
Brian Pfleuger
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Stopping power comes, oddly, from power. Shot placement is more and more important as power goes lower and lower.

Which handguns essentially do not have in abundance. I've seen data suggesting that what we think of as "stopping power" requires a minimum of 2000fps.
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