UncleEd
Member
....around seems to truly come around.
Reading parts of a book "Guns of the FBI"
in which the author (retired special agent)
covers the revolvers and then most recently
the autos.
In the heyday of the revolver, the "FBI Load"
which is a 158 grain lead hollow point semi
wad cutter bullet, performed quite well. This
load was also sometimes called the "Chicago
Load" or the "St. Louis Load,."
After the FBI tried the 10mm and then the .40
S&W, it returned to the 9 mm in Glocks. The
load basically chosen is a subsonic 147 grain
hollow point.
And with that I smiled since the 9mm load really
duplicates what the .38 load used to be.
The decision to return to the 9mm was its ease of
handling and also that after studies, it was
concluded that actual real terminal ballistics in
handgun cartridges varies very little be they
magnums, big bores or mid bores.
Placement is the key.
Also hit rates usually are around 30 percent or
less in gun battles.
So, now the FBI has what is basically a .38 that
holds something like 17 or 15 rounds instead of
the usual 6 in revolvers.
Reading parts of a book "Guns of the FBI"
in which the author (retired special agent)
covers the revolvers and then most recently
the autos.
In the heyday of the revolver, the "FBI Load"
which is a 158 grain lead hollow point semi
wad cutter bullet, performed quite well. This
load was also sometimes called the "Chicago
Load" or the "St. Louis Load,."
After the FBI tried the 10mm and then the .40
S&W, it returned to the 9 mm in Glocks. The
load basically chosen is a subsonic 147 grain
hollow point.
And with that I smiled since the 9mm load really
duplicates what the .38 load used to be.
The decision to return to the 9mm was its ease of
handling and also that after studies, it was
concluded that actual real terminal ballistics in
handgun cartridges varies very little be they
magnums, big bores or mid bores.
Placement is the key.
Also hit rates usually are around 30 percent or
less in gun battles.
So, now the FBI has what is basically a .38 that
holds something like 17 or 15 rounds instead of
the usual 6 in revolvers.