[Sir Krustin]

Powerful: muzzle energy and penetration - both are primary to the effects of penetrating body armour and wounding. (I'm sure you can agree that bullets with higher muzzle energy can more easily break bones and penetrate the skull, for example)

Wood isn't flesh, and has no bearing on wounding. Use ballistic gel and I'll start taking you seriously.

Define "experts": Dr. Fackler at the WBL (someone who's opinion I respect) is very knowledgable on the subject and he disagrees with you.

Ask any member of a military or police unit that depends on their firearm to defeat the enemy on the field of battle, and every one of them will tell you always take a longarm (assault rifle) over a shortarm (pistol or SMG).

Incidentally, SMGs use pistol ammo - so if you think that pistols should have more stopping power than SMGS, you're dead in the water.

[ 09-24-2006, 10:47 PM: Message edited by: Sir Krustin ]