Jim Cirillo was a big fan of the full wad cutter, to the extent that he loaded them in the chamber of his partners .45 auto, and he considered that this practice saved his life during one shootout while on the NYPD Stake Out Squad. Jim said in his book "Guns, Bullets and Gunfights", that forensic experts had told him that they couldn't tell the difference between a .32 cal and a .45 cal wound, if the bullets were full metal jacket. This is because these bullets don't leave full caliber wound channels, but rather they make small holes, while the elastic tissue stretches over the bullet and then snaps back after it passes through, with little damage, unless it passed through the heart or central nervous system. He attended many post-mortems, and was impressed at the wound channels left by full wad cutter bullets. He used revolvers by choice, so he could use his hand loaded WC's.

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