mljdeckard,
We will have to agree to disagree. While I agree on the importance of shot placement, police experience with the "widow maker" .38 Special 158 grain lead round nose and the much better record of hollow point ammo prove that a hollow point round is a great investment. The U.S. military had similar experience prior to the introduction of the .38 Special when they used the .38 Long Colt in the Philippines.
I shoot fmj as range ammo all the time, but I would only use it for self defense if I had nothing else, it really is that less effective and has the negative of being much more likely to over-penetrate.
Multiple hits will increase the likelihood of a threat bleeding out and dying, but not necessarily stopping the threat at that immediate moment. The emergency rooms of hospitals often receive victims of multiple gunshots who have not expired when they are brought in.
Jim
We will have to agree to disagree. While I agree on the importance of shot placement, police experience with the "widow maker" .38 Special 158 grain lead round nose and the much better record of hollow point ammo prove that a hollow point round is a great investment. The U.S. military had similar experience prior to the introduction of the .38 Special when they used the .38 Long Colt in the Philippines.
I shoot fmj as range ammo all the time, but I would only use it for self defense if I had nothing else, it really is that less effective and has the negative of being much more likely to over-penetrate.
Multiple hits will increase the likelihood of a threat bleeding out and dying, but not necessarily stopping the threat at that immediate moment. The emergency rooms of hospitals often receive victims of multiple gunshots who have not expired when they are brought in.
Jim