If your gun does not feed HP reliably, get it repaired or get another gun.
Best short answer.
I won't quote the whole post, but Frank's post says it all in greater detail.
If your gun does not feed HP reliably, get it repaired or get another gun.
There is NO condition I would use a round nosed fmj bullet
I hear this all the time when this subject is debated, but I see very little evidence of it happening in real life shootings. Its irrelevant in this part of the UK as civilians are only allowed to use FMJ for self defence so over penetration must not be a concern.I've watched some youtube vids recently of fmj 9mm and 45 acp zipping right through ballistics gel. I consider that to be of major concern in any situation where there may be other people around.
Maybe not you. But if I had to use a .22, .25, or .32 auto pistol, you'd bet I'd be opting for hardball over expanding ammo. Simply not enough penetration to reliably get to the CNS, IMO. Also as I mentioned before, you get tiny expansion from those calibers certainly not enough to justify the loss in penetration, with cartridges that already use, light, slow, and low sectional density bullets. Remember with COM hits, your bullets will potentially have to penetrate hands/arms before it even gets to the rib cage, which the bullet has to also penetrate, and at the very least still needs to go through about 4'' of tissue. At this point I would also prefer my bullets to keep traveling, and have enough energy to be able to penetrate or at least break the spine, if they were to hit it, which would likely cause an instant stop.There is NO condition I would use a round nosed fmj bullet.
Watch the evening news and listen to how many shots are fired in a typical police shoot out and how many find their mark. Makes over penetration seem like less of an issue to me.
So anyone out there use FMJ for defensive purposes? What reasons do you have, function, penetration, frequency of practice, etc... I'm not talking about anything smaller than 9X19.
Watch the evening news and listen to how many shots are fired in a typical police shoot out and how many find their mark. Makes over penetration seem like less of an issue to me.
I believe that people shot with expanding ammunition are much more likely to immediately realize they've been shot. This is, in my opinion, the most important reason to use expanding ammunition in handguns for self-defense.psychological -- "I'm shot, it hurts, I don't want to get shot any more."
That is not to say the 45 is worthless, as it is certainly not. If I was limited by foolish laws to 10 rounds or less, or to FMJ ammo, I might opt for such a pistol, but I think the lack of capacity is a serious limitation.