For years while dog hunting with 00 buck I had to finish off a lot of deer, and I used one of those North American Firearms 5 shot little .22 pistols. Between the eyes or earhole they were just as dead as they would have been shot with a .44 mag. That same little gun is my computer desk first responder

Might want to do a little research on cast bullets and factory Glock barrells. If I recall correctly non copper jacketed bullets will cause issues due to lead fouling according to Glock. Some shooters will dispute that issue and say they do it all the time and do not have a problem. I own several Glocks and I'm not going to go against the company's reccomendations. If you have an aftermarket barrel you should be good to go.

David

I don't understand why you didn't just shoot it in the head, a .22 to the head close range will do the job

What length barred are you shooting from? If its something like a glock43, its gonna struggle to get the fps to open up if it's a heavy bullet

Exactly.

A .25 in Chicago is a VERY lethal weapon. Obviously, accurate also.

More likely pilot error.

Thanks for the tip, I'll do some research. These bullets I have are made by Underwood and have some sort of polymer coating on them.

Let me let it be known to you all that a pistol is better than having no gun, but not a very efficient stopper. Hit something in the head with it and it will be lights out. Hit something in the spinal region and it will drop it. Of course anything else you can fling will do that as well. No pistol caliber is intended to be a one and done unless you hit the areas mentioned above. The military classifies them as secondary weaponry. It’s what you use to get back to your primary weapon.

Glock 45acps have traditional rifling. Jarvis&lone wolf make great aftermarkets if it's a concern.

Finished off a doe 2 years ago with my g43. Hornady critical defense. Shot her in the neck from 10-12 yards. Mushroomed perfectly and was lodged under the skin on the opposite side. 115lb doe

Carried a keltec 32 cal while in college and attempted to finish off a deer my girlfriend had shot. At that point I realized a nerf gun would have been more effective than the hollow point I shot it with. I shot ball ammo for the remainder of time I carried it

It's the bullet and shot placement. Read this: https://www.americanhunter.org/arti...men-from-raging-grizzly-with-9mm-pistol/

ALL of the above information is 100% correct. Get the federal HST 124 gr ammo for your 9mm and not the el cheapo Italian crap.

why mess up front shoulder meat unloading a 9mm in the vitals when a head shot to begin with would have ended the suffering instantly. Ive shot one running away from me aiming at the back of the head with a 270 but split the spine on her a** instead. Didnt kill her but she wasnt going anywhere. I grabbed her front legs so she wouldnt kick me and cut her throat. I didnt have a pistol on me then since I was to young to own one anyways, and I didnt think it would be smart firing close range on a second shot to the head with a 270. Didnt take her long to bleed out.

The militaries of the World use 9mm, because they aren't trying to kill people they are trying to wound them.

That's utter bulldoodoo.

DC I know your intelligent and yes it sounds wrong but Mils want wounded to expend supplies and break morale. That's why elite small units always pick more effective calibers.

every training I attended had you shoot to kill, not wound...

I guess I forgot my sarcasm emoji...

It's the same crap that folks used to say about the M-16... That and the bullet tumbling though the air.

A number of factors play on penetration but one of the most important is velocity at point of impact. Next would be what it impacts first. With that a lot has to do with the style of projectile. Flat based rounds perform vastly different than a boat tailed round as fmj performs different than jhp , sp, or any style of wad cutter. The velocity at impact that carries thru the barrier (hide , hair , adipose tissue, thick canvas garments , etc) is what creates the actual wound cavity that follows the main path of the projectile.

The expansion or deformation of the round depends again on the type projectile , what it impacts , and at what velocity the impacts and subsequent penetration occurs.

For 9mm though Fed HST, SP GDHP, Win Ranger SXT should not be discounted at all from any barrel length on a standard duty weapon.