UrbanHermit
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The 9mm was created 120 years ago, has been used extensively in two world wars and countless other conflicts, has been issued to police in hundreds of countries, has found it's way into the hands of millions of gang members and criminals, and for about 90 of those years the only bullets available were full metal jackets, which are still used by military forces to this day. Presumably millions of people have been shot with 9mm FMJ by now.
Given the above, and the fact that carrying FMJ for self defense is extremely controversial in the gun community, and that caliber and bullet decisions have always been a subject of conflict in police and military circles, why don't we have better scientific information about the performance of these rounds? All we have are anecdotes on gun forums that don't agree with each other, antiquated tests performed decades ago with extremely misguided parameters (such as seeing which rounds caused hanging carcasses to "sway" more), "one shot stop" records that are missing critical information, and so forth. Why aren't there organized studies that document shootings with these rounds and include the exact shot placement in every case and other pertinent factors? Haven't autopsy technicians been compiling this information for a century?
Given the above, and the fact that carrying FMJ for self defense is extremely controversial in the gun community, and that caliber and bullet decisions have always been a subject of conflict in police and military circles, why don't we have better scientific information about the performance of these rounds? All we have are anecdotes on gun forums that don't agree with each other, antiquated tests performed decades ago with extremely misguided parameters (such as seeing which rounds caused hanging carcasses to "sway" more), "one shot stop" records that are missing critical information, and so forth. Why aren't there organized studies that document shootings with these rounds and include the exact shot placement in every case and other pertinent factors? Haven't autopsy technicians been compiling this information for a century?