Hollow point, vs. Hard Ball

[Poodle Soup]

Hollow points are "bigger" bullets for your gun. I think everyone agrees that punching a larger hole is better, and when shooting in a urban environment I would rather the bullet stop or loose most of its energy in the first thing it hits.

And I really see no fair comparison between a rifle and handgun. Theres a reason countries go to war with rifles. And just from goofing around with friends... rifles penetrate and put a lot more shock into what is hit.

 

[cmort666]

And I really see no fair comparison between a rifle and handgun. Theres a reason countries go to war with rifles. And just from goofing around with friends... rifles penetrate and put a lot more shock into what is hit.

Trying to equate performance of FMJs in pistols versus rifles is just plain silly.

I don't own, and never have owned, a handgun which could launch ANY projectile, between 115gr. and 150gr. at anything even APPROACHING 2,800fps.

As you say, armies issue rifles to the infantry for a reason. And that reason is penetrating power where nobody cares if you get a through and through (and in fact you WANT "overpenetration"). On the battlefield, if you shoot THROUGH somebody and hit somebody else, you get a medal for it. In your home or on the street, you get charged with a crime and sued out of existence.

 

[cmort666]

The added stopping power due to energy dump is the desired effect one wants from premium JHP ammo.

But this only occurs when it's placed where it needs to go.

Unfortunately all shots fired in defense DO NOT hit their intended target.

Since they will continue to fly until they hit someone or something the argument about FMJ's overpenetrating can be a rather a moot argument.

Can be, but often isn't.

NYPD tried to buck the trend, but the legal liability from through and throughs just got to be too much.

 

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