If you have a 44mag, why pistol whip him? Why not just show him whats up before you even get that close?

Brass knuckles mean that you could go to jail... You had the intent the whole time...putting them on, than punching him with them...with a gun you're not always gona be showing intent... I'm a hunter, so i have guns in the house.. Yes some of them are also used in protecting the house... What else are you goning to use brass knuckles for? Besides the intent to do harm? You'd be better off stabbing the intruder with a knife.

On Deadliest Warrior, it took one pistol whip across the skull to crack the stull in half... It took like 3 or so punches with the brass knuckles... Plus since the gun weighs more, it had more force behind it

Deadliest Warrior tested this when they did the episode where they pitted the James Gang against the Capone Gange. They found that pistol whipping produced more energy and was more likely to cause a skull fracture since it produced a skull fracture with one blow as opposed to the brass knuckles three.

I really would say that they are on the same part as simple tools. They both have weight, but the pistol can inflict more leverage, thus more force and kinetic energy onto the victim. I am actually making brass knuckles now out of the scraps from the strike plate project.

I'm guessing you saw that deadliest warrior program.If not ,a pistol across the head causes more damage.( or the show said )

Brass knuckles are illegal in most states. But, they probably only cost about $10 new.

A Smith & Wesson model 29 costs about $800 new.

There is no way I am going to risk messing-up the timing on a nice Smith revolver. The intruder either gets shot in the head or I am reaching for a baseball bat or other blunt instrument. I am just not going to risk bending the cylinder crane on my handgun.