I am not the master ballistician , but there are some very wrong statements here.
First off: Hollowpoints go through glass and walls just as well as a flat-nose FMJ. A round nose FMJ *might* go through a little better (but I doubt it since you are dealing with a hard medium where aerodynamics are less of a variable). So, to "carry hollowpoints at home to keep them from going through the walls" is a falshood, they will go right through your wall. And, using FMJ because you want to shoot through cars and such is not logical either, because a hollowpoint goes through those mediums just as well as an FMJ.
Hollowpoints only open up in liquid tissue, not in walls and cars. The reason why people don't like shooting hollowpoints through walls and cars and glass is because it may damage the hollowpoint and then it will not expand. In that case, you are basically shooting an FMJ bullet. FMJ's never perform better than hollowpoints in any situation except pure penetration (if you want like 2 feet or more of penetration in a fluid body!). In the WORST case scenario, you shoot through the car door or window and the bullet performs as poorly as a FMJ. But, what do you have to lose? A hollowpoint will go through the car just as well, but it also might open up and do some damage once it hits the target.
Also:
"A FMJ that passed completely through an attacker will create an entrance wound, cavitation internal damage **AND** a huge nasty exit wound - thus it IS indeed more *deadly*."
How many bullet wounds have you seen? I have seen a lot, most of them with FMJ's, or hollowpoints that didn't expand (very common in real life), and none of them had this "huge exit wound" that you talk about. Huge exit wounds are caused by the crushing of tissue in a conical fashion, BY A HOLLOWPOINT bullet expanding.
An FMJ that punctures through does very little damage compared to a hollowpoint. If the hollowpoint pushes all the way through, THEN you will (rarely) see the huge exit wound you speak of, because the bullet is coming out much bigger than when it went in, and it is pushing lots of guts along with it.
Ps- Simply invest in a few boxes of your preferred carry ammo. Shoot it and test it's accuracy and feeding. If it does not work, try another brand.
[This message has been edited by Red Bull (edited August 22, 1999).]