The Wadcutter for Self-Defense: Over-hyped or not?

[Nanuk]

I was an inner city cop in the 1980's( Ft Worth, TX). I saw maybe a dozen people that had been shot with 38 wadcutters shot from snubby revolvers. Unless you can get velocity up to 950-1000 fps with a hard cast bullet they suck. 38 snubbies in general suck for defensive uses. Every cop I know that lived thru an off duty gunfight during that time frame that had been armed with a 38 snubby immediately upgraded to a 357 magnum or a 1911.

I have lived in North Dakota since the mid 1990's, winter clothing and fur is no protection from bullets.

 

[Autonomous]

Or wood chippers...

 

[scattershot]

from memory it was something on the order of 3.8gr. of Red Dot under a 148gr. HBWC.

I would take that for sure over what we were issued in the Army. 125 grain fmj round nose!