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I guess stats are fine for the average shooter.
Most of his material seems to be borrowed from other instructors, and he seems to be arguing both sides of several points.
In the military, you will get no sexy expanding bullets, and no choice in firearms. All soldiers should be proficient with a Beretta M-9 and shoot till they drop. That may take an entire mag of 9mm Ball, since as noted, a pistol is not what you bring if you know you are going to a gunfight.
Two words: shot placement.
Having said that, my personal choice is to carry as much pistol as I can conceal, normally a high cap .45 ACP. I am a decent shooter, but shootings do not normally take place in broad daylight on a flat range with good footing, eye and ear pro, a marked target, a loaded weapon at the ready, and most importantly, no return fire, so I will take any edge I can get.
Just my .02, YMMV.
TR
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