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Hey, I recently bought a USP compact .40 S&W. I am still waiting for the 10 day waiting period to be up. This will be my first semi-auto handgun that I own, but I have fired the semi-auto's of friends before. Anyways, my question is this:
You should only have one gun outside your main safe in a small, quickly accessible lockbox as your home defense gun. All the rest should be in your main safe. Does the compact have enough muzzle energy from the 3.58 inch barrel to consistently get decent penetration/hydrostatic shock from Corbon DPX hollowpoint self defense loads? I have heard of people being shot multiple times with some cartridges/barrels- such as a .38 special (weak)from a long barrel or a powerful cartridge from a short barrel (.357 magnum, 2 inch barrel) and it not having enough stopping power to consistently inflict hydrostatic shock.
Does the compact have enough stopping power with .40 S&W hollowpoint defense rounds to consistently stop an attacker? I plan on enjoying the gun at the range either way, but I want to know if I should have something else as my home defense gun in an easily accessible lockbox, like a 4 inch GP 100 .357.
The problem is, the only reliable magnum revolver that can accept a flashlight mount to my knowledge is the 327 TRR8(with the internal safety lock removed of course,) but it is sold out everywhere I go, and the way the lights are set up in my house if a criminal broke into my house at night I might not be able to get confirmation to see whether it is a criminal or a roomate coming into the house late at night without a flashlight.
Hence, I want a home defense gun that mounts a flashlight, but at the same time I realized only after paying for the S&W USP compact that I didn't know how much the polygonal barrel affected muzzle velocity, energy, and penetration, and if it was enough to consistently stun an attacker with Hydrostatic shock.
Thoughts?
You should only have one gun outside your main safe in a small, quickly accessible lockbox as your home defense gun. All the rest should be in your main safe. Does the compact have enough muzzle energy from the 3.58 inch barrel to consistently get decent penetration/hydrostatic shock from Corbon DPX hollowpoint self defense loads? I have heard of people being shot multiple times with some cartridges/barrels- such as a .38 special (weak)from a long barrel or a powerful cartridge from a short barrel (.357 magnum, 2 inch barrel) and it not having enough stopping power to consistently inflict hydrostatic shock.
Does the compact have enough stopping power with .40 S&W hollowpoint defense rounds to consistently stop an attacker? I plan on enjoying the gun at the range either way, but I want to know if I should have something else as my home defense gun in an easily accessible lockbox, like a 4 inch GP 100 .357.
The problem is, the only reliable magnum revolver that can accept a flashlight mount to my knowledge is the 327 TRR8(with the internal safety lock removed of course,) but it is sold out everywhere I go, and the way the lights are set up in my house if a criminal broke into my house at night I might not be able to get confirmation to see whether it is a criminal or a roomate coming into the house late at night without a flashlight.
Hence, I want a home defense gun that mounts a flashlight, but at the same time I realized only after paying for the S&W USP compact that I didn't know how much the polygonal barrel affected muzzle velocity, energy, and penetration, and if it was enough to consistently stun an attacker with Hydrostatic shock.
Thoughts?
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