Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

What do you concider low to moderate speed's. A well constructed hollow point need's at least 1,000 feet per second to get reliable opening upon contact with body fluid. Bill Does that apply to .45ACP? My understanding was that they only approached that speed with +P loads. Expansion depends on sev...

The trade off in stopping power is Shot Placement. If you hit what you want to hit the first time and where you want to hit and have the heart to follow it up with more rounds you will have stopping power. I carry a Walther .380 with Speer Gold Dot Ammo and if I shoot you 9 times in center mass and...

Maybe I should have been more precise, that statement wasn't specifically towards anyone. Just a general observation about the differences between training and the real thing. And to why I have never subscribe to the theory of good shot placement making up for less effective bullets.

The trade off in stopping power is Shot Placement. If you hit what you want to hit the first time and where you want to hit and have the heart to follow it up with more rounds you will have stopping power. I carry a Walther .380 with Speer Gold Dot Ammo and if I shoot you 9 times in center mass and...

Thanks for all the great ideas. These things are of course always a trade off between concealablity (is that a word?) and firepower/stopping power. I have been thinking a lot about the Kel-Tec. I also like the GLock 36 idea, i am just wondering if just going to a single stack is going to make that m...

Thanks for all the great ideas. These things are of course always a trade off between concealablity (is that a word?) and firepower/stopping power. I have been thinking a lot about the Kel-Tec. I also like the GLock 36 idea, i am just wondering if just going to a single stack is going to make that m...

I normal carry a Glock 30, in an inside the waistband holster, I have for years and it is great. However sometimes it is a little bulky. Currently when the Glock is to big for my clothing, I go to Tarus 38spl however I am not thrilled with that set up (cylinder too think, hammer can snag, only 5 sho...