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I had the unfortunate experience of hot brass from my Colt Commander bouncing off the side wall at the square range and Mr. Murphy was there to make sure it landed inside of my glasses and scratched my cornea. Vision got blurry and eye was painful. Went home, called Doc, got it patched (just to keep it closed) for first 24 hours, picked up some topical anti-biotics and a bottle of Balcones. Vision back to normal after a coupla weeks w/no apparent permanent damage.

Now as for bouncing off of interior window autoglass - after the first shot there will be far less glass in the way of your follow-up rounds

My assessment is to fire and keep firing until the threat is neutralized. Type of handgun is immaterial as long as you can reach it easily and use it effectively. Even a scratched cornea is a small price to pay vs. what the bad guy could do to you & loved ones...

Crash wrote:I've read that it's not a good idea to use semi-autos for defending oneself in a car. Supposedly, if you're driving, and you have to shoot at an attacker outside the driver's side window, the empty shells could bounce off the inside of the windshield and come back and hit you in the head. This might not be too big a deal because in a stressful situation such as this you might not even notice it. But, I wear glasses and if one of those hot shells bounced back and got lodged between the lenses and my eyes, it could be a VERY big deal. So, it sounds like revolvers are the way to go for in-car defense. Opinions?

Thanks in advance,

Crash