re: Spinoff Thread -- Handgun Stopping Power

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My wife has one of these. I could not believe how small the cartridge is on those. Seems almost worthless. It is actually worthless for her since she cannot rack the slide.

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So, when bapple (a professional, I might add) harps on "the shooter should carry and fire the largest firearm he/she is able to handle, comfortably" - now you're picking up on the subtleties of that advice, right?

Bigger slide means much easier to slide. I have a Russian made Big Bear Makarov - more or less a stamped metal Walther PPK made by illiterates working off stolen plans - easily 1.5 to 2 times (maybe more) the force is required to fully rack that slide than of a Sig P226 or a Glock 17. AND you get less purchase on the gun with the strong hand while you're doing so because the grip surface is significantly smaller.