You're just not reading enough.12ga 1.25oz slugs beats all. :biggrin: As for the 9mm vs .45 debate, meth heads have been shot any number of times by 9mm and not gone down until 18 or more rounds have been fired. There never has been that kind of article on a .45.
Hydrashok is obsolete. I will take 9mm Corbon DPX over .45ACP Hydrashok any day when it comes to single bullet damage. Not to mention that any 9mm recoils less than .45ACP, making follow up shots much faster and more accurate. Oh...and 9mm's typically hold way more bullets.I would suggest that you might want to grab a copy of Personal Defense 2011 from Shooting Times. Compare a Federal Hydra-Shok 230gr .45ACP with any 9mm Luger round they tested. Compare wound cavities. The only one that comes close is 9mm Speer Gold Dot 124gr. The only one in .45ACP that was below the 9mm group was a Federal 230gr FMJ. Otherwise, all .45ACP tested did better than all 9mm tested except the Speer. None beat the 230gr FMJ for penetration though. 31+" in 10% gel.
Hydrashok is obsolete. I will take 9mm Corbon DPX over .45ACP Hydrashok any day when it comes to single bullet damage. Not to mention that any 9mm recoils less than .45ACP, making follow up shots much faster and more accurate. Oh...and 9mm's typically hold way more bullets.
There are numerous rounds in 9mm that will penetrate greater than 40" in gel. Doubletap 147gr+P TMJFN and Buffalo Bore 124gr+P+ TMJFN are two loads in particular that will do so.
In fact Buffalo Bore 100gr+P HCFN rounds will penetrate over 30" in ballistics gel.
Keep reading more books.