Wanderling
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So, personally, after watching ShootingTheBull's videos, I settled on Federal Hydra-Shoks - they performed very well in his tests, and are easily available in my location.
But I keep reading posts by people who carry FMJs instead of JHPs in their "mouse guns". It seems there just as many of them as the people using hollow point self defense ammo.
I understand the reasoning behind it. But it seems that you'd still run the risk of overpenetration with a "full load" FMJ, which is a very serious consideration. And nearly every FMJ advocate seems to have some fancy special order carry round.
So, I was thinking - wouldn't it make sense then, for someone dead set on carrying FMJs for maximum penetration, to use the various "target" rounds - which are sure to not be loaded too hot, while most likely still providing more than sufficient penetration vs an average JHP ?
To be honest, I don't think I will change my carry rounds just yet. The question is purely theoretical. But I am curious as to what the experienced crowd thinks. Do slightly weaker FMJs make more sense vs more powerful FMJs if FMJ is the only option, for a typical private citizen self defense situation ? (Obviously, the military has very different needs...)
But I keep reading posts by people who carry FMJs instead of JHPs in their "mouse guns". It seems there just as many of them as the people using hollow point self defense ammo.
I understand the reasoning behind it. But it seems that you'd still run the risk of overpenetration with a "full load" FMJ, which is a very serious consideration. And nearly every FMJ advocate seems to have some fancy special order carry round.
So, I was thinking - wouldn't it make sense then, for someone dead set on carrying FMJs for maximum penetration, to use the various "target" rounds - which are sure to not be loaded too hot, while most likely still providing more than sufficient penetration vs an average JHP ?
To be honest, I don't think I will change my carry rounds just yet. The question is purely theoretical. But I am curious as to what the experienced crowd thinks. Do slightly weaker FMJs make more sense vs more powerful FMJs if FMJ is the only option, for a typical private citizen self defense situation ? (Obviously, the military has very different needs...)