I've been doing carry ammo research, so I've been absorbing a lot of data, and one thing has been bugging me. If our standard for carry ammo is the FBI requirements, and if shot placement is key, why carry hollow points if an fmj can be made to fit FBI standards? (I'm not saying this is gospel, but lots of people go by it.)
If a +p+ hollow point fails to expand it's a mega powered fmj flying through everything, and does the exact opposite of what you wanted it to do, which is penetrate, but not over penetrate. Meanwhile a down powered fmj can't become more powerful. You don't have to worry about expansion, you don't have to worry about it not feeding, and it should have less recoil, permitted that the pistol functions properly.
Given that pistol calibers are so weak in general, are hollow points just over-engineered hype?
If a +p+ hollow point fails to expand it's a mega powered fmj flying through everything, and does the exact opposite of what you wanted it to do, which is penetrate, but not over penetrate. Meanwhile a down powered fmj can't become more powerful. You don't have to worry about expansion, you don't have to worry about it not feeding, and it should have less recoil, permitted that the pistol functions properly.
Given that pistol calibers are so weak in general, are hollow points just over-engineered hype?