Deaf Smith
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I believe the new hollow points being bonded means it won't fragment and thus increase the depth a round penetrates. This is in contrast to older hollow points which would fragment and lose the the energy to penetrate adequately. That's what is meant in bullet technology improvements.
fanchisimo,
Do note one of the parts of the 'study' by the manufactures, and noted by the FBI, is 'fragmentation' being part of the effectives. As long as one gets enough penetration then some fragmentation is good (just as the old military 5.56 55gr fmj fragmented.)
Nom,
Cooper wrote at a time when technology had most JHPs not expand, he also wrote when the 'best' one could get was a SWC for the .45 and a maybe JHP for the 9mm. While the 'they all fall to hard ball' was demonstrably wrong, yes even Ayoob and Marshal showed FMJ was not a good stopper, the 9mm was noticeably less effective than the .45.
What the does that really mean? Since I can carry a S&W 500 revolver, safely operate it, and hit what I am shooting at does that mean I should carry it because it is the most powerful round I can control? Just what does control of a self-defense pistol mean?
Note part of the terms I used included 'carry'. I carry the Glock 26 instead of my Glock 33 cause I can control one handed the Winchester +p+ 127gr 9mm loads adequately ONE HANDED with my 26, but can't with my 33 in .357 Sig. I also carry the 26, a subcompact, because I sit and drive a lot, and thus a larger weapon, say my Glock 31, would not work (or one of my 1911s.) Plus I have to conceal them, which a .500 S&W might be kind of hard to do.
Perhaps the ultimate definition of controlling a self-defense pistol would be the ability to fire to the limits of the pistol's mechanical accuracy hits on target at all ranges as fast as the pistol's action can mechanically cycle.
Bullstuffings, don't fall for the IPSC 'splits' fallacy where you have to make .18 splits to be adequate for repeated shots. And I say that having been in IPSC and IDPA for over 40 years worth of shooting. Class A and Expert or above in all divisions.
All you are setting yourself up is to miss a lot.
Control means getting reliable GOOD hits in a reasonable time, not by some mechanical limit of the weapon (or I'd advocate a Glock 18.) Some people can shoot a full powered .45 ACP fast and accurate enough to get doubles in very short time, others can't do that with any weapon. Don't over analyze the term control.
Deaf