GEO,
I do not have an ox to gore. I am looking for the most effective ammo to use for self defense and do not see anything in these studies that shows superior wounding compared to hollow points. The Air Force did studies that showed flat pointed bullets were superior compared to simple ball ammo, but never adopted ammo of that design. No law enforcement agency besides NYPD used them either. NYPD found they were no more effective than lead round nose.
Neither study addresses one of the concerns I mentioned, that of over penetration. One of the advantages of the hollow point design is that it SHOULD NOT PENETRATE DEEPLY ENOUGH to over penetrate. It dumps all the energy in the target and not down the street behind the target. Heavy, non expanding bullets are not likely to dump all their energy inside the target, but will usually go through it.
Also, based on the logic of a wide meplat, should not the best man stopper be full wad cutter design?
Jim
I do not have an ox to gore. I am looking for the most effective ammo to use for self defense and do not see anything in these studies that shows superior wounding compared to hollow points. The Air Force did studies that showed flat pointed bullets were superior compared to simple ball ammo, but never adopted ammo of that design. No law enforcement agency besides NYPD used them either. NYPD found they were no more effective than lead round nose.
Neither study addresses one of the concerns I mentioned, that of over penetration. One of the advantages of the hollow point design is that it SHOULD NOT PENETRATE DEEPLY ENOUGH to over penetrate. It dumps all the energy in the target and not down the street behind the target. Heavy, non expanding bullets are not likely to dump all their energy inside the target, but will usually go through it.
Also, based on the logic of a wide meplat, should not the best man stopper be full wad cutter design?
Jim