man-stopper

Although Maxwell knew that law enforcement often carried hollow-point man-stopper rounds, Black Talons, Gold Dots, that sort of thing, it didn't occur to him that this was the work of cops.

The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001

Although Maxwell knew that law enforcement often carried hollow-point man-stopper rounds, Black Talons, Gold Dots, that sort of thing, it didn't occur to him that this was the work of cops.

The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001

Although Maxwell knew that law enforcement often carried hollow-point man-stopper rounds, Black Talons, Gold Dots, that sort of thing, it didn't occur to him that this was the work of cops.

The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001

He'd only need one: it was a magnum he was holding, a man-stopper.

Northlight Hall, Adam, 1920- 1985

"It's really a man-stopper, you know," he said dreamily.

Date With Death Sapir, Richard & Murphy, Warren 1984

The single action Deke had strapped to his thigh with a heavy leather band at the base of the holster would be a .45 Long Colt calibre, the bullets themselves weightier than even a hardball .45 ACP load, the round an inherent man-stopper like the .45 ACP was.

The Nightmare Begins Ahern, Jerry 1981

Rather grimly he reflected that an automatic .302, although an efficient "man-stopper" in a _mêlée_, was not to be compared with a rifle as a means of procuring food.

Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force Ernest [Illustrator] Prater 1917

For arms the men carried rifles, of a more modern pattern than those in use in the sister service; in fact, they seemed, so far as Frobisher could see without close inspection, to be Martini weapons of the 1879 pattern -- a most serviceable and reliable fire-arm, far superior to the modern small-bore rifle in the opinion of soldiers themselves, as a man-stopper and rush-checker.

A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas Harry Collingwood 1886

So I invented a little dodge which I call the ` man-stopper '.

A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas Harry Collingwood 1886

You don’t need a giant, high powered man-stopper, with a huge capacity.

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