<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Herodotus:
I don't think that bullets made for varmints should be recomended as a possible solution to worries about over penetration in a home defense situation. Surely the manufacturer's themselves do not make any such recommendation and this idea is not tested in reality on any of the common building materials. In fact, I am not sure that any bullet is actually recommended for this purpose by any responsible manufacturer, industry group or testing laboratory.
In short, no one responsible is going to go to bat for someone who unfortunately shoots an innocent person in an adjoining room, building or outdoor space.
Perhaps the best thing that people who have thoughts in this direction could ever do is to carefully consider their own living quarters and carefully consider how many safe shots can actually be made with more than adequate, surely people free backstops. In some homes there may be a very few truely safe shots, but I think that most people will be truely appalled by the very few and very limited number of truely safe shots are actually at their disposal.
Draw your own varius conclusions as I am sure you will, but do not be naive by placing a false faith in what bullets will do after you have let them loose.[/quote]
Actually Hornady's TAP ammo is marketed for this role...and TAP ammo is just V max or A max bullets, depending on the load, in a fancy package.
Quoteing from page 58 of Hornady's catalog about TAP ammo they state that it meets this criteria, "Reduced chance of collateral damage from over-penetration or richochet" They also have a report on the TAP product line, No. 9966 $15.00 and you should be able to order it by calling 800-338-3220.
I agree that planning your fields of fire before something happens is a good idea. I encourage people to do that for home defense and to construct safe backstops if needed for good defense.
But varmint bullets will reduce penetration problems, it can still happen but varmint bullets will really reduce the risk of over penetration. Though of course you might end up with not enough terminal penetration. You pay your money and you take your chances :/
[This message has been edited by Glamdring (edited August 05, 2000).]
[This message has been edited by Glamdring (edited August 06, 2000).]