Stopping power by Caliber

[LRRPF52]

The most dangerous thing is a well-trained, thinking man in a fight, who is especially comfortable with violence. There are far too many people who enter professions that are governed by violent environments, with no experience in it. This is true of most people in LE, but you do see a trend of guys who gravitate to Infantry and Special Operations units in the military who often had rough upbringings, and are very comfortable with violence...often to the point where they are extremely agitated and frustrated by the insanity of a peacetime, garrison environment. Get them out from under the flagpole, and into a foreign country, with live weapons and tons of ordnance, and they are happy. Impose crazy ROE's on them, and they often get out, knowing that they will not be able to deal with some dirtbag in pressed uniform telling them about combat when they absorb back into the peacetime camouflaged welfare Army, where the screw-ups are promoted, and the true warriors are shunned and punished for being something the desk-jockeys can never be.

The best thing the LE academies could do would be to have "king of the hill" beat down sessions on a regular basis, and instill a violence-friendly workplace. Doing jail duty first often fulfills this role well, since unruly inmates often need physical submission, but it just doesn't quite fit the bill.

That being said, as I peruse my Hornady Reloading manual and check the stats on 7.62x25, they list 1700 fps velocities with 90gr Hornady XTP JHP's. Those will smoke right through soft armor, and I'd really like to see the gel tests with that load. I wish popular pistol makers would offer chamberings and modern mags for the 7.62x25.