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Answer for FMJ or JHP is Corbon Powerball...feeds like a FMJ acts like JHP...best of both worlds.
40 S&W: FMJ for self defense load?
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.357 magnum
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+1 for Hollowpoints.
Actually Possum hit the nail on the head a few posts ago. Most FMJ rounds these days are going to go in then out the other side of another person with a lot of energy left in them. When using Ball ammo you always have an entrance wound and exit wound. Hollow Points deposit there energy in the target and will stop a threat much faster then Ball ammo. Because they Expand, they will also do a lot more instant destruction. Self defense ammo is made to stop a threat. Ball ammo is made to practice with. Ball ammo is obviously capable of stopping someone, but it normally takes more shots. And poses a danger to those who may be hit by an exiting round. I am not insulting the original poster, they were just asking a question. But too those that answer Ball is made for self defense, that is just plain silly. I was in LE over twenty years ago. They would have laughed their a$$ off if someone suggested ball ammo was better then Hollow points for stopping a perp, even back then
! Bullet technology has improved quite a bit, even making some of the 9mm +p rounds very close to .45acp levels of stopping power. I am a .45 man myself. But I own all three calibers and I feel safe using my 9mm's, .40's or .45's for self defense, with the proper ammo. As I have said on previous threads for those of you who will say shot placement is important. I say No Sh$$t, Thank You Captain Obvious! We should all practice as much as possible. Practice your tactics too. I have been in gun fights. You would be surprised how much learning to find cover and when to return fire comes into play. I always tell people I love Mag capacity, because in real life there are more misses then hits. Except in close quarters, were your reaction time means everything. Keeping watch on what goes on around you and your surroundings at all times will save your life in the end.
The Best to All!
Frank
Actually Possum hit the nail on the head a few posts ago. Most FMJ rounds these days are going to go in then out the other side of another person with a lot of energy left in them. When using Ball ammo you always have an entrance wound and exit wound. Hollow Points deposit there energy in the target and will stop a threat much faster then Ball ammo. Because they Expand, they will also do a lot more instant destruction. Self defense ammo is made to stop a threat. Ball ammo is made to practice with. Ball ammo is obviously capable of stopping someone, but it normally takes more shots. And poses a danger to those who may be hit by an exiting round. I am not insulting the original poster, they were just asking a question. But too those that answer Ball is made for self defense, that is just plain silly. I was in LE over twenty years ago. They would have laughed their a$$ off if someone suggested ball ammo was better then Hollow points for stopping a perp, even back then
! Bullet technology has improved quite a bit, even making some of the 9mm +p rounds very close to .45acp levels of stopping power. I am a .45 man myself. But I own all three calibers and I feel safe using my 9mm's, .40's or .45's for self defense, with the proper ammo. As I have said on previous threads for those of you who will say shot placement is important. I say No Sh$$t, Thank You Captain Obvious! We should all practice as much as possible. Practice your tactics too. I have been in gun fights. You would be surprised how much learning to find cover and when to return fire comes into play. I always tell people I love Mag capacity, because in real life there are more misses then hits. Except in close quarters, were your reaction time means everything. Keeping watch on what goes on around you and your surroundings at all times will save your life in the end.The Best to All!
Frank
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Echo what .357 magnum said!!!
Mad Magyar
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Now, we are getting somewhere...."The Fastest with the Mostest"..
wally
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TexasColt has nailed it! If your gun is not 100% with FMJ I seriously doubt it'd be 100% with any JHP either
Look at the Reagan assination atempt footage, two unintentionally well placed .22 rounds were one shot drops, the poorly place round on the intended target left him not knowing he was hit until he saw the blood.
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