Originally Posted by
wyntrout
FMJ is fine if you're sure of your BACKSTOP. It will blow through your target losing little energy and go through whatever's behind the target... and FMJ tumbles and ricochets a good distance.
Unless you hit something REALLY VITAL, the target may not even know he's hit.
Modern well-designed hollow points
generally stay in the target BG and transfer all of their energy to the BG, usually doing more damage than a "slippery" FMJ that just passed through.
FMJ for every occasion is NOT a good idea.
JMHO.
Wynn
Wynn, if you are ever in a SHTF situation I doubt seriously that you are going to be concerned about a backstop. Your only concern will be in placing as many hits as possible on your assailant. In all probability, you're going to empty your gun. People have been struck by multiple rounds of .45 ACP and didn't realize that they were hit. Four layers of denim and ballistic gel don't shoot back.
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