I think that data is a bit dated. Generally speaking Federal HST and Speer GoldDot are missing and have been the go to rounds for 9mm and up for years.
In .380 it’s mostly about penetration, and anything with the the Hornady XTP bullet (any ammo brand but the Buffalo Bore stuff is impressive) has been the go to for a long time.
I occasionally carry a PPK/S .380 in an ankle holster and while I prefer the P365 9mm, it comes in handy when carrying on the waist isn’t practical.
My EDC is either a P320C with +P HSTs or my P239 .357 Sig with either HST or GoldDot
.380 / 9mm pretty much the same thing.
Even the police acknowledge 9mm lacks stopping power. The FBI tried 10mm a few years back but some officers found it too much gun, especially the females and accuracy suffered so they went back to 9mm. I think there was probably an anticipation of recoil affecting the accurracy as 10mm actually doesn't recoil much more than 9mm but has far more stopping power, in fact very similar to .357 mag without the recoil penalty. I've always thought of 10mm as a good compromise therefore between stopping power, recoil and follow up shot speed. It also can be taken to have good stopping power because in Alaska it's quite popular apparently as a bear carry!!
.357 mag / .44 mag too much recoil and .357 mag only available in a revolver apart from 2 sepecialist semi-autos - the Connan and I forget the other one.
.44 mag, too much gun. Miss and you're likely to get shot before you can make the follow up.
.40 weak.
.45 large slow and weak.
Brno 7.6 FK has always been another favourite calibre of mine but a lack of chambered weapons and sheer expense of guns put it beyond most shooters. I also don't think there's a good carry pistol. For those who don't know 7.5 FK, it was designed supposedly for an unspecified NATO army as a sidearm calibre with the aim of defeating body armour and is supposed to perform not that far behind .44 mag in stopping power, but with penetration of both body armour and bullet proof glass. So it hits hard and penetrates even kevlar, bullet proof glass etc. Uses speed for penetration as it's a small fast round.
I'd like to hear some experience beyond Youtube of the 7.6FK because in many aspects it seems like the perfect carry. I should say, despite it's ability to penetrate armour, I understand it doesn't over penetrate as it expands and dumps energy really well.
Unfortunately, I can carry none of these over here. Feather duster or shout for help about the only defence.
As for a home defence rifle, only one or two choices for me....50 Beowulf AR...457 SOCOM AR or HCAR (.30-06 for those unfamiliar) Albeit I understand the latter has issues with cycling hollow points and would definately have to be fettled for relibiability of feed to catch me given that home dfence is an operationally critical application...
As you can see for a home rifle, it's stopping power over range all the way for me. After all when was the last time you owned a 300 yard hallway?
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