bigfatdave
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You know that, and I know that ... but the people who convince themselves that the cheap stuff form WalMart's discount bin is just as good seem to think that bullets are drill-bits, or rabid carnivorous moles, or little shovels, or something.NG VI said:Non-expanding pistol bullets (other than the big bore hunting-type calibers Prosser likes) don't leave a wound channel as wide as the bullet. Tissue is highly elastic, before it tears and allows the bullet to pass by it stretches quite a bit, and once the bullet has moved past it snaps back almost completely in place.
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The "it's still a .45" line of thought doesn't usually take into account that non-expanding bullets in any of the service calibers creates nearly identical wounds and are all poor performers, regardless of what size the bullet is. Without meaningful expansion you are poking little icepick wounds into your attacker, and that's not a great way to stop a fight in your favor.
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Random thought, just to give this tired old merry-go-round another spin:
Do Hollow-Point rounds hurt more?