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Originally Posted by BreakerDan
It might appear that this load might be ok for home defense against a small target, but this load based on my test takes the cake for being a poor police duty load due to lack of tactical penetration.
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The Treasury Load (110 grain +P+) was indeed a poor load for penetration. I will simply point out, however, that the load was developed in response to the now discredited US Government NIJ tests which created the RII (Relative Incapacitation Index), which if I recall, placed too much emphasis on temporary wound cavity and too little emphasis on deep penetration to get to vital organs. The load did what was expected of it. Unfortunately, the wrong assumptions were made, and that is why no one uses the loads which emphasize temporary wound cavity by early expansion at the expense of deep penetration to get to vital organs.