No, it's called hydrostatic displacement.And once more, all this archair pistolero discussion is just that. In the real world people have survived direct hits from 20 MM cannons while others drop dead from a 22. It is an inexact science, and no amount of anecdotal statistics or murdered ballistic gelatin will change that one salient fact.We recently lost a very well regarded Policeman in NYC in a stupid car accident. He was in more than one fully documented shoottout where he took out multiple bad guys. his weapon? A issue .38 special