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Old 09-10-2020, 11:01 PM
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What type of material were they shot into? Also, even “if” a JHP occasionally fail to expand, the round nose FMJ....is guaranteed “not” to expand!

If I am hunting (game not people) I use wide metplat, hard cast bullets only. If I use the handgun for personal defense (humans).... I use JHP’s. That said, if the assailant were a 300+ pound individual wearing heavy denim clothing and a nice thick leather vest....the wide metplat, hard cast bullet would be quite desirable! Just not a round nose bullet! memtb
Some soft and some hard, Ballistic gelatin to the dirt of the butts, A solid may not expand, but it sure penetrates a lot better. Check to see what big game hunters in Africa use on true dangerous game.
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