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"stopping power" is sort of hard to define, because what it means exactly depends on who you ask. However, a possible answer to the question is, the .40 SW has (approximately) between 400 and 500 ft-lbs of muzzle energy and creates a hole at least .40 of an inch in diamater (and larger, if it expands).

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