Both of those responses sound like you can't believe that tests have been made shooting through identical portions of anatomy. Live animal testing of ammunition is not new - even if it isn't going to be advertised. Where do you think theories like "temporary wound cavity" comes from to explain the performance of rifle rounds over pistol in the first place?
And talking about shot placement has nothing to do with this discussion. JHPs are not less likely to hit what they are aimed at than a solid. If they are both aimed at a lung, both will hit the lung. Anatomy is well enough known to make valid comparisons between two nearly identically placed shots.
Overall, the above two posts reflect a disbelief that anyone has ever studied exactly what bullets do to living tissue enough to understand anything about it, except through bad statistics. No medical studies, no military ballistic studies, no live product testing on similar mammals? We do not live in 1814.
It isn't a conspiracy that JHPs are used for handgun defense, or were banned from military use, or that we use soft points for medium game and solids for dangerous, large game. I wasn't attempting to explain why we should use JHPs for defense - I was explaining why we already do.
No police agency is about to switch back to solids or FMJ for duty loads. No cape buffalo is going to be hunted with JHPs. All this stuff was figured out long ago.
And talking about shot placement has nothing to do with this discussion. JHPs are not less likely to hit what they are aimed at than a solid. If they are both aimed at a lung, both will hit the lung. Anatomy is well enough known to make valid comparisons between two nearly identically placed shots.
Overall, the above two posts reflect a disbelief that anyone has ever studied exactly what bullets do to living tissue enough to understand anything about it, except through bad statistics. No medical studies, no military ballistic studies, no live product testing on similar mammals? We do not live in 1814.
It isn't a conspiracy that JHPs are used for handgun defense, or were banned from military use, or that we use soft points for medium game and solids for dangerous, large game. I wasn't attempting to explain why we should use JHPs for defense - I was explaining why we already do.
No police agency is about to switch back to solids or FMJ for duty loads. No cape buffalo is going to be hunted with JHPs. All this stuff was figured out long ago.
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