Lead Round Nose bullets for S.D.?

[AID_Admin]

Sure you can kill someone in self defense fight with LRN bullet, but isn't someone you are killing deserve something better and fancier? After all it's the last thing he gets! ))

On the serious note, I don't understand OP concern with the cost of more expensive ammo. Yes, "fancier" bullets can be up to $2 per round or even more, but how many self defense situations are we getting into? Why can't someone use LRN on the range and then reload something more effective when gun goes on the night stand?

 

[Jim Rau]

What both 45 and AID are saying is correct. If you want to disregard 100 years of ballistic improvements use a non expanding bullet for self defense. But remember, stopping the fight is what is important, not how 'lethal' the bullet is, the two are not the same.

 

[dahermit]

Not to hijack this thread...but that is what I am doing. In regard to lead bullets, it is notable that Elmer Keith designed his style of cast bullets with the intention of producing the most effective style of bullet. However, recent research has shown that the sharp shoulder only cuts a sharp hole in paper. When game animals and presumably human targets are struck, the sharp shoulder does not contact flesh. Such claims made, have been backed up by tests of applying bullet lube to the shoulder and shooting it into ballistic gel and presumably game. The recovered bullets will still have the bullet lube intact on the shoulder, where as, if it made contact with the flesh/ballistic gel, it should have been wiped away by the impact. Further, experiments have shown that the larger the meplate of the bullet, the bigger the effect on flesh, etc. Therefore, flat, large meplate on a cast bullet seems to be the feature most relative to effectiveness of lead bullets. They certainly are superior to Kieth Type bullets when it comes to reloading.

 

[roaddog28]

This is off the lead round, but the cast wadcutter will cut wide holes with deep penetration. Buffalo Bore has a great round for a wadcutter.