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On 10/09/2011 04:33 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:


The .50-caliber Bandit sends a 180+-grain ball downrange at a trifle
more than 800 f.p.s.,

Just about what a 38 S&W pistol does. NOT a 38 Special.....

Which is considered in the low end of self defense rounds out of a
handgun.


I seem to remember that is similar to a Colt 45 round's speed.
Do you consider a 45 to be at the low end in self defense?


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