cause just the sight of the gun works 80% of the time, and half of the remainder of the time, MISSES suffice. So no hit at all is needed 90% of the time. However, when solid, powerful hits ARE required, .45 ball is just 60-70% effective. Once things go all the way south, you need something on the order of 223 softpoints, real damage, 700+ ft lbs of power, no overpenetration. What the .460 rowland lacks in the way of M4 energy (1000 ft lbs) is made up for by the 2 wound channels of the Split Nose hit. Given that the 2200+ fps impact energy IS capable of destroying fragile chest organs with the temporary cavity, such organ tissue as is "caught' between the diverging wound channels is destroyed, even tho it's not actually touched by the bullet segments. So the effect is a wound 1" x2" in size, 9" deep. that's a HELLUVA lot of damage and shock and almost no man can withstand it and still function and you can learn to deliever 4 such hits in 1/2 second. and they will pierce Kevlar Vests. Same size and weight gun as a makarov, but yeah, LOTS more effectiveness, for at most another $400 for the gun. Only are real cheapskate ignoramus would choose the Mak.