The Original Rooster
Mayor of Spring Hill
Good points. The famous NY Stakeout squad member Jim Cirillo was a fan of the pelvic shot. Folks can’t move with a fractured hip very easily and it's extremely painful and dangerous to be shot there.I found the discussion on "stopping" interesting.
Ive seen plenty of deer hit with 30-06 .308 .270 .25-06 and various other rifles that make handgun terminal ballistics anemic by comparison. Plenty of em hauled tail when hit and several quite a ways.
It got me to thinking about where I shoot deer now that Im older and quite possibly picked up a thing or two.
After decades of heart shots I now shoot high shoulder and they never run. Take away the wheels and down they go every single time.
Though its a smaller target Im starting to wonder if the sweet spots for stopping someone with bad intent may be a little higher and a good bit lower than center mass.
Im sure their are many good reasons things are done the way theyre done and trainers train the way they do but just from what Ive seen on game animals, just above the breast plate and the pelvis would seem like likely placement for stopping a threat by removing mobility or use of appendages. Not positive but pretty sure the pelvis would stop an advance cold.
Just thinking out loud...
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