ONE SHOT STOP DATA COMPILED BY EVAN MARSHALL
First, and foremost, this is Evan Marshall's data. If you want to know more about him and his data, please go to his internet web site. Also, if you choose to read what Marshall has to say, please, also, go to the internet web site of Dr Fackler, Marshall's chief critic. To be fair, one should read what both have to say.
Second, as I understand it, Marshall gathers his one shot stop (OSS) data from:
1) After action shooting incident reports written by law enforcement personnel.
2) Medical reports, including autopsy reports, written my medical personnel.
Third, again, as I understand it, all of the Marshall OSS data is based on these three prerequisites:
1) The person shot was shot with one and only one handgun bullet.
2) The person shot was shot in the torso.
3) The person shot was incapacitated or killed as a direct result of being shot in the torso with one handgun bullet.
Fourth, Marshall usually, but not always, reports OSS results by:
1) Caliber.
2) Bullet weight.
3) Manufacturer.
4) Percent.
And, rarely, very rarely, by barrel length. If a caliber or bullet weight or manufacturer does not appear in the data, I understand that to mean that too few people have been shot with that particular caliber or bullet weight or manufacturer product, who meet the prerequisite criteria necessary to be included.
I don't have all of the Marshall OSS data and what I do have may or may not be the most current. Nonetheless, here is what I do have:
MARSHALL'S ONE SHOT STOP WITH A TORSO HIT DATA BY PERCENT
22 CALIBER (no bullet weights specified)
40 % Quik Shok JHP
38 % CCI Stinger JHP
30 % Federal JHP
(22 long rifle bullets, more often
than not, weigh 36, 38 or 40 grains)
32 ACP CALIBER
66 % 60 gr Winchester Silver Tip JHP
60 % 60 gr Speer Gold Dot JHP
59 % 65 gr Federal Hydra Shok JHP
380 CALIBER
71 % 90 gr Federal Hydra Shok JHP
9mm CALIBER
91 % 115 gr Federal JHP +P+
90 % 115 gr Remington JHP +P+
90 % 115 gr Winchester JHP +P+
90 % 127 gr Winchester Black Talon JHP +P+
83 % 115 gr Winchester Silver Tip JHP
83 % 124 gr Federal Hydra Shok JHP
83 % 124 gr Speer Gold Dot JHP +P
78 % 147 gr Winchester Black Talon JHP
38 SPECIAL (2 inch barrel)
67 % 125 gr Remington JHP +P
67 % 158 gr Federal LHP +P
67 % 158 gr Winchester LHP +P
65 % 129 gr Federal Hydra Shok JHP +P
38 SPECIAL (4 inch barrel)
67 % 129 gr Federal Hydra Shok JHP +P
357 MAGNUM
96 % 125 gr Federal JHP
96 % 125 gr Remington JHP
93 % 125 gr CCI Speer JHP
357 SIG
91 % 125 gr CCI Speer JHP
91 % 125 gr Federal JHP
91 % 125 gr Winchester JHP
40 S&W
94 % 165 gr Remington Golden Saber JHP
93 % 155 gr Federal Hydra Shok JHP
93 % 155 gr Speer Gold Dot JHP
89 % 155 gr Federal JHP
41 MAGNUM
90 % 170 gr Winchester Silver Tip JHP
79 % 210 gr Winchester JHP
75 % 210 gr Remington JHP
44 SPECIAL
75 % 200 gr Winchester Silver Tip JHP
72 % 200 gr Federal LHP
67 % 200 gr Remington LSWC
44 MAGNUM
92 % 210 gr Winchester Silver Tip JHP
89 % 180 gr Federal JHP
88 % 240 gr Remington JHP
45 ACP
96 % 230 gr Federal Hydra Shok JHP
96 % 185 gr Remington JHP +P
96 % 185 gr Remington Golden Saber JHP
45 COLT
80 % 225 gr Federal LHP
79 % 225 gr Winchester Silver Tip JHP
72 % 255 gr Winchester LRN
Please remember, this is not my data. The data appearing in this post has been compiled by Evan Marshall. Dr Fackler is his chief critic. If you want to argue the data, please do so with either Marshall or Fackler. Both of them have internet web sites.
If you want to discuss the data, I'll do my best but will probably refer most questions directly to Marshall or Fackler. I've never met Marshall or Fackler. I did, at one time, write for the Marshall web site. I came away from that experience with some respect for the data and little or no respect for Marshall. Fackler strikes me as a very bright fellow.
I often quote from the Marshall data because it is the most current that I am aware of. If it were up to me, I'd like to see Marshall and Fackler put their differences aside and work together. That, in my view, would be of great benefit to those of us who are interested in self defense issues as they relate to handguns, cartridges and bullets.
If anyone has more current Marshall OSS data, and is willing to share it, please let me know and I will be glad to include it here in this post.
CJ