Groo here
I was going to leave this one alone but can't..
First, You Will Not be blinded by the flash from a handgun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We trained to use the flash to find other targets,,,,,,,..........
Two Eric is more often right than wrong..
Three The modern HP's act like hunting bullets [ classic teardrop ]
Great for hunting , for SD ????????????????
As Keith said , the nose does all the work, flat nose have more slap.
To stop an attacker we need to #1 damage or destroy the computer
a small armored target.
#2 cut off the power Aka blood pressure drop from bleeding [ Shock, takes 10 to 30 sec or more]
Or 3# overload the system with input Aka pain..
Pain comes from nerves, most nerves in skin, then mussel , organ, fat and bone.
Many bullets work opposite .
The 357 125gr with much lead at the nose will deform the fastest.
damaging more nerves causing more slap [ pain]
The input causing the computer to think about something other than us.
Aka Stop.
The slower opening bullets may cause more bleeding but less pain.
The target Dies faster but after it has beat the XXXX out of us.
Some rounds so not have the size or speed or weight to make much pain so the bleeding will half to do. [ like a .22/.25/.32/etc.