I have taken cast rn for .32acp and .380acp and cut the nose in 'x' with a jewelers saw. loaded them over healthy charge of BE then shot into wet cardboard. impressive.
.... wait a minute. Are people recommending wad cutters for self defense?! I must have been reading too many threads over in the autoloaders sections because they had me under the impression that if you didn't have a .45 or 10mm you mine as well ask the perp to kindly leave! In all honesty though this is pretty interesting, I'd never been aware that people use wad cutters for self defense. Is there any box o truth style testing I can take a peak at? I've been carrying power ball in both my 442 and sp101 but for my current proficiency, wadcutters would improve the speed of my follow up shots drastically. I know that my gf loves my revolvers, especially when loaded with wad cutters but I was always worried that in a self defense situation, full power rounds would be a bit too much for her.
"Fire bad!"Reading this story reminds me of the SNL skit of Tarzan, Frankenstien, and a cave man for some reason.
Hmmm....you've made me start thinking here. In the old days when police carried 38 special revolvers, the average number of rounds fired was 2-3. Nowadays with more powerful handguns, NYPD only averages one hit on target per 15 rounds fired. Maybe...just maybe....the old 38 specials were able to put more rounds on target. Those 14 rounds of 40SW or 9mm +P that miss the target don't do a whole lot of good.
I will not carried wad cutters in my snub. If I needed a lighter round i would go with hardball. The wad cutters don't have the penatraction that is needed. In a world far far away many years ago two narcs were doing what is called a reverse buy they were selling a kilo of coke. Bad guy get in the front seat. One narc in driver seat other in back seat. Deal goes south bd pull weapon front seat narc grab bg gun hand yell for back seat narc for help. Back seat narc pull Mod. 37 (loaded with wadcutters) fire two shots bad guy drop weapon exit car and run. Back up narc (too young at time to know better chase after him) grab bad guy think he had just shot other narc or narcs fine out bg had two bullets in him from back seat narc. Rode in ambulance with bg seen doctor removed two very swallow slugs from bg. Moral, wad cutters good for punching holes in paper not so much for punching holes in bad guys.