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1) Why are you running with ball in the chamber? I don't recommend this, it will be comparatively ineffectual for self defence and has too much penetration for the same scenario.
2) I have not seen anything stating the RIP stuff isn't good enough for SD, in fact i've seen many gel block tests that confirm it's as good as anything else.
3) So far as the whole stopping power Vs follow up accuracy, these days, through technology, it has mostly been mitigated.
To expand on point 3, we're using, or should be using self defence rounds, the technology in these is leaps and bounds above ball ammo and anything available even just 20 years ago.
To this point, there is little to no difference between .380, 9mm and .40 - obviously they step up in power, nothing changes physics, but to that point, the actual bullet is what's doing the damage here.
Personally i don't care for the snappyness of the .40 round, i feel it's an unloved round for a reason, not a bad one, i don't feel it's justified over say a 9.
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