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Originally Posted by KC911
More food for thought...recoils. Semis absorb a lot by design.... 9mm, virtually none, my steel .45acp - VERY tame for a potent home defense round
.357mag in a big heavy 6" revolver M27- Quite a recoil (wifey might not like)....I'm old school.... Not betting my life on .9mm or .38 when I have better options.
.44mag in a 8" M629 is a freakin' CANON, and Jeff and I are just gonna have to disagree on this...it's all relative though...I'm not Jeff and am a novice by comparison. Thanks to Grady, I picked up some .44specials....tames it quite a bit and I'd bet my life on that round too. Enjoy the search for what's right for you...
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Believe me, KC, I'm no sado-masochist when it comes to blast and recoil. My "house gun" is loaded with standard velocity, standard pressure .45 Colts. My carry guns either have those in the chambers, or standard .44 Specials or .45 ACP's.
There is a time and place for the big boomers, and self defense ain't it. They can be almost as disorienting to the shooter as they are to the intended target, especially indoors in poor light. It's like having a flash-bang go off in front of you. That, and their power is simply unnecessary. Far better to stick with the various "Specials" or "ACP's" than the "magnums". The lower intensity, lower pressure, lower recoil stuff is all we need against one another. We only up the ante when whatever it is has bigger teeth and claws than we have.