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Old 08-22-2013, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by rwsmith View Post
Modern JHPs are more highly effective at lower velocity than they used to be. Bullets like the Gold Dot or XPT are better yet. FMJs tends to over penetrate and shoot a clean hole right through. Our troops are obligated to use FMJs by treaty and they have complained about this.
How many .380 FMJ overpenetration cases have you worked on?

I can tell you that I have worked on three shootings in which .380 JHP failed to penetrate adequately.
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