Snappo
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If 7 rounds were enough, that is all the police would carry too.
Excellent point. But I think too that the weapon design was equally critical. Those 38 specials with plus-P or the 357's were not enough stopping power. And at that time Glock became a viable company, Baretta was manufacturing a ton of the 92's, , Taurus came out with the 99 FP (I have one of those, actually) etc. and it made sense to move to those new designs. I have about 4 or 5 Glocks of different calibers; and a few are only 10 rounds or so. My smaller XD has I think only a 2.5 or 3" barrel and without the extended mag I bet it's only about 8 rounds even though its a staggered design magazine. The tiny XD is only the 9mm parabelum and I really don't think those have much stopping power. Low energy, small wound cavity, small shock cavity, etc. That's why two of my Uzi's are Model 45. WAY more stopping power.