I live in an area that the question arises: winters routinely see lows in the teens and sometimes below to "0", and I ccw when I am outside at night, which I am more than some. Typical winter clothing would be parkas, heavy scarves, sweatshirts/sweaters underneath. Course, if it gets real, real cold, then I stay with my furnace. But I am ccwing in the teens at times outside.
What effect does this clothing have on a bullet in terms of penetration, deforming, deflection etc. I ccw in 3 calibers: snub with standard .38 Special, a 4" .357 magum, and a full-size .45 semi-auto, in my case a GAP, equivalent to .45 ACP in power.
So, these are my focus.
Unfortunately, in winter the easiest ccw is the snub in outside coat pocket, and this is the weakest round, though I will be using two Buffalo Bore heavy styles, .38 Specials that have speeds at around 840 fps, one a hardened wadcutter that hits on the flatside, like a cookie cutter (no expansion as it already is somewhat expanded) and one style a full and soft lead that deforms significantly on the hit. Both "expand" but are not hp, avoiding the problems of non-expansion of hps in .38 Special out of a snub.
Any info on this general question?
What effect does this clothing have on a bullet in terms of penetration, deforming, deflection etc. I ccw in 3 calibers: snub with standard .38 Special, a 4" .357 magum, and a full-size .45 semi-auto, in my case a GAP, equivalent to .45 ACP in power.
So, these are my focus.
Unfortunately, in winter the easiest ccw is the snub in outside coat pocket, and this is the weakest round, though I will be using two Buffalo Bore heavy styles, .38 Specials that have speeds at around 840 fps, one a hardened wadcutter that hits on the flatside, like a cookie cutter (no expansion as it already is somewhat expanded) and one style a full and soft lead that deforms significantly on the hit. Both "expand" but are not hp, avoiding the problems of non-expansion of hps in .38 Special out of a snub.
Any info on this general question?