papajohn
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I've been testing ammo since I started reloading a couple dozen years ago, and even after moving several times, I still have dozens of jars and boxes full of fired bullets. Most were fired into gallon jugs, wetpack, or Duxseal. Some of it was clothed, some had bones in it, some was just nekkid. My conclusions, after all that effort...........
* Hydroshoks are inconsistent
* Remington scalloped-jacket ammo is very good stuff, and a bargain, in revolver calibers
* Speer Gold Dots hold together, expand well, and are VERY accurate
* W-W Silvertips are good but they seem to change every year or two.
* Cheap ammo tends to expand little, if at all, under most circumstances
Having followed a few autopsies and studied the results, I've decided there is very little consistency in what a given bullet will do in a given body, there are just too many variables. Bullets can pass through, hit bone and shatter, even turn left for no apparent reason. I have decided to buy good ammo, and worry a lot more about shot placement than finding a magic bullet. It's kinda like the debate over what to use to kill a deer. My feeling is that it doesn't matter if you use a 30-30, a 2X4, or a ball-peen hammer, as long as you hit them hard enough in the right place.
I don't spend a fortune on fancy carry ammo.............but I could have bought a nice house for what I have spent on practice ammo!
Papajohn
* Hydroshoks are inconsistent
* Remington scalloped-jacket ammo is very good stuff, and a bargain, in revolver calibers
* Speer Gold Dots hold together, expand well, and are VERY accurate
* W-W Silvertips are good but they seem to change every year or two.
* Cheap ammo tends to expand little, if at all, under most circumstances
Having followed a few autopsies and studied the results, I've decided there is very little consistency in what a given bullet will do in a given body, there are just too many variables. Bullets can pass through, hit bone and shatter, even turn left for no apparent reason. I have decided to buy good ammo, and worry a lot more about shot placement than finding a magic bullet. It's kinda like the debate over what to use to kill a deer. My feeling is that it doesn't matter if you use a 30-30, a 2X4, or a ball-peen hammer, as long as you hit them hard enough in the right place.
I don't spend a fortune on fancy carry ammo.............but I could have bought a nice house for what I have spent on practice ammo!
Papajohn
