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Post by BoW GaCAman on Mar 2, 2015 14:52:06 GMT -5
I don't believe in any 'magic' bullets (possible exceptions might be .454 Casull, upwards) in common calibers like .357 Magnum and .45 ACP, etc. Therefore it kinda tickles me when someone whose word I trust like Mr. Cooper passes on an anecdote of an epic failure like this one. From the Jeff Cooper archives: "A reader called us in a state of some agitation resulting from an attempted armed robbery on his restaurant in Indiana. In the middle of the dinner session, a goblin wandered into the place with a pistol in his hand and demanded money from the cashier. At this point the owner (who is our correspondent) came around the corner with a 2.5-inch .357 in his hand, loaded with 125-grain JHP bullets. The owner ordered the intruder to drop his gun. Nothing happened, whereupon the owner socked the intruder six times in the chest region with his .357. Still nothing happened. Unusually, the owner had extra ammunition, so he reloaded and socked this bird six more times in the chest. I asked him what the intruder was doing while he was being shot, and he said, “Nothing.” He neither dropped the gun, nor attempted to shoot it, nor attempted to get away. The owner then reloaded a third time, and by the time the intruder had fallen down, he had been hit 18 times! The range was about 15 feet."
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Post by BoW GaCAman on Mar 2, 2015 15:23:36 GMT -5
Jeff's response to some doubters, after this was (originally) published:
"That piece I reported about a restaurant owner in Marysville, Indiana who smoked a goblin with a cylinder-full of 357s without result, has been criticized by a couple of correspondents as being unbelievable. Interestingly enough, my friend just called the other night to ask me some more questions about the kind of weapon he should use to protect his establishment. I told him that people had been expressing doubts about his story and he said that all they had to do was to check with the records of the Marysville Police Department. Among other things, his story was so bizarre that I couldn't possibly have invented it myself - nor could he."
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