toppermost
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I just had an epiphany, I guess.
Why are people so obsessed with penetration of hollow points?
"Power": To me the biggest attraction of a hollow point is the reduced chanced of over-penetration, i.e. shoot through. If your hollow points penetrate more and more wouldn't there be a higher chance of exiting your target and damaging whatever is behind it?
Don't get me wrong, I get the wound-size argument but... If wound diameter is your biggest concern I would think that higher penetration equals less time for expansion. So wouldn't rounds that penetrate less tend to expand more? I carry .40 S&W, it would seem to me that even if a JHP only enters 5 or 6 inches, it will cause a LOT of pain, damage, or worse -- and, of course, when a JHP "fails" it will essentially act like a heavy grain ball... while I have not read everything out there, I have never heard anyone complain about heavy ball ammo not "neutralizing" things.
Why are people so obsessed with penetration of hollow points?
"Power": To me the biggest attraction of a hollow point is the reduced chanced of over-penetration, i.e. shoot through. If your hollow points penetrate more and more wouldn't there be a higher chance of exiting your target and damaging whatever is behind it?
Don't get me wrong, I get the wound-size argument but... If wound diameter is your biggest concern I would think that higher penetration equals less time for expansion. So wouldn't rounds that penetrate less tend to expand more? I carry .40 S&W, it would seem to me that even if a JHP only enters 5 or 6 inches, it will cause a LOT of pain, damage, or worse -- and, of course, when a JHP "fails" it will essentially act like a heavy grain ball... while I have not read everything out there, I have never heard anyone complain about heavy ball ammo not "neutralizing" things.