The man with fewer shots available will not waste them. Guys with high capacity magazines tend to spray bullets all over the place with very little control. Shots that hit flesh count. Shots that hit sheetrock don't.
I know when I was on active duty and we were doing a lot of shooting with the 9mm we often put less than 5 rounds in a magazine and did exercises where we needed to take down 2 assailants. That sort of stops the wasting shot thing. I wouldn't feel at all handicapped if I had a 357 or 44 in my hands and the other guy has an auto, but then I've been trained at close quarters combat shooting so I probably have an edge no matter what I'm using.
Additionally I don't use a handgun for home defense, I use a 12 gauge pump and the best thing for self defense on the streets is situational awareness.
Last edited by flags; 04-30-2017 at 05:50 AM.