Episode 366: Real-World Ballistics – Defensive Ammo that has Proven Itself with Dave Spaulding
Concealed Carry Podcast - Guns | Training | Defense | CCW
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🗓️ 19 November 2019
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Topic: Real-World Ballistics – Defensive Ammo that has Proven Itself with Dave Spaulding
Today, Riley talks with Dave Spaulding of Handgun Combatives about ammunition options and effectiveness. Recently, Dave “broke the internet” when posting what he’s found over decades of research and studying of the issues. We’ll talk about how Dave has accumulated all of his data and what it means for responsible defenders. Should be an awesome episode. Tune in!
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Resources From This Episode:
- Episode 295: Why I Carry 145 Rounds on the Job – The Story of Tim Gramins
- Interview with Chris Laack of Federal Ammunition
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Concealed Carry podcast, episode number 366. |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome to the Concealed Carry podcast, part of the ConcealedCary.com network. |
| 0:19.0 | I am your host, Riley Bowman. |
| 0:21.7 | And today I have a special guest host with me. |
| 0:25.4 | Because, you know, once you're on more than once, Dave, you become, instead of guest, |
| 0:30.1 | you become guest host. |
| 0:32.3 | Well, there you go. |
| 0:34.0 | And folks, if you don't recognize right out the bat, it's Mr. Dave Spalding. |
| 0:38.6 | Glad to have him on the podcast again with us. |
| 0:41.8 | You know, you extended the offer to me. |
| 0:44.2 | You said, you'd be willing to come on any time. |
| 0:47.0 | And I took you up on it. |
| 0:48.6 | So here you are. |
| 0:51.1 | I'm just an old softie. |
| 0:52.6 | You know me. |
| 0:54.0 | A lot soft. So today we're going to be talking about. I'm just an old softie. You know me. |
| 1:11.5 | So today we're going to be talking about real world ballistics. And we'll really go over some of the things that Dave's learned through the years, which is a lot. All right. And he's come prepared. He's got all kinds of notes. He's got a master's thesis. |
| 1:15.3 | He's got bullets sitting in front of him on the table. Autopsy and stuff like that. |
| 1:20.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:20.6 | So I'm really looking forward to this because instead of talking about theoretical |
| 1:26.1 | ballistics, we're going to talk about what Dave has actually seen or what's been reported to him, like you just said, from autopsies, from medical examiners, from other officers and departments that you've talked to through the years. |
| 1:41.2 | So I'm really looking forward to it, sir. |
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