The .500S&WMagnum, .50 AE, .45-70 and other cartridges should be left to rifle or handgun hunting choices. They’re just too big for self-defense. Even if the gun manufacturers build smaller, concealable-sized guns in those calibers, the recoil alone will make follow-up shots difficult ...
For example, there’s a never-ending argument about which caliber ammo is best for a pistol in prepping. The “good enough” 80-20 answer is that .22 LR is too weak and .45 is too unwieldy and isn’t worth sacrificing capacity. Which leaves 9mm and .40 calibers. To get beyond the...