Question on my friends thinking?

[splattergun]

test on people? HUH?
oh boy
my admittedly feeble imagination got sprained trying to twist around with that one.

 

[Warp]

test on people? HUH?
oh boy
my admittedly feeble imagination got sprained trying to twist around with that one.

You're the one laying into the guy's friend for not testing.

 

[Lex Luthier]

Just weird and unnecessary.

 

[GBExpat]

Just weird and unnecessary.

Hahaha ... in a nutshell.

 

[Lycidas Janwor]

What are "sandmen" and "street judges"?

About the bullets: I've heard of alternating JHPs with FMJs, so that if expansion doesn't occur, perhaps a pneumothorax will. But six different types of hollow points?

Perhaps his reasoning is, that it is less likely that ALL 6 different hollow points, each from a different manufacturer will fail to expand, while 6 hollow points, all made by one manufacturer, will likely have similar structural integrity, and if one of that lot won't expand, then it's more likely others from the same lot won't expand, either. I don't necessarily AGREE with that reasoning, but I can see it as plausible.

If he's down to using a .380 for defense, then expansion may be all that'll save him. It's not like a .45, where darn near any factory load that reliably operates the slide will probably work just fine.

This is what I'd do, that is, alternate a FMJ with a JHP in the magazine (but stick with same FJM and JHP throughout). One is for expansion and tissue damage while the other round is for penetration. As long as both rounds weigh the same, or close to it, the muzzle flip shouldn't be too different.

Is this reasonable or still not a good idea?

 

[horsemen61]

Splatter gun you said on page three that my friend hasn't done any testing that info is false there he has tested all six kinds of the jhp ammo it all works in his gun I'm just asking as to what y'all thought of this idea

 

[Warp]

This is what I'd do, that is, alternate a FMJ with a JHP in the magazine (but stick with same FJM and JHP throughout). One is for expansion and tissue damage while the other round is for penetration. As long as both rounds weigh the same, or close to it, the muzzle flip shouldn't be too different.

Is this reasonable or still not a good idea?

It still doesn't really make sense, I don't think.

Does your chosen JHP penetrate adequately? If no, ditch it for one that penetrates more or ditch JHP altogether (for smaller cartridges this may be the way to go). If the JHP does penetrate enough, do you want the advantages of expansion, such as reduced possibility of a through and through endangering somebody else as well as the increased chances of stopping the threat quickly? If yes, then just stick with the JHP.