To me this speaks more to follow-up shots than to staggering ammo types. Regardless of the round, you can't assume a hit is a stop. Follow up until there is no question.
BBI do you have any info about CorBon powerball ammo (I got some in a deal). Where the cavity would be on a normal JHP the area is filled with a (I believe) fiberglas ball. The idea is that it prevents the cavity from filling up with clothing material (such as denim or carharrt stuff) and beginning premature expansion of the round. I'm a bit skeptical because including the powerball detracts from the weight of the rest of the bullet and the fiberglas ball seems like it would mimic the effects of a cavity filled with material (premature expansion) on contact with something heavy like denim or carharrt. These things are driven pretty hard (1450fps for 115gr 38SA) but haven't found much real world info on them. Lot of hageographic stuff from CorBon themselves
I know this may be shocking, but the media may have gotten it wrong.
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I've never seen it used in real life.
Modern HP are designed not to expand in intermediate barriers, the issue is they plug and then fail to expand. The plug is to prevent the plugging. It also gets around New Jersey hollow point ban, etc. and lets older guns that won't feed HP reliably have an expandable bullet.
A Carhartt.
I've never seen it used in real life.
Modern HP are designed not to expand in intermediate barriers, the issue is they plug and then fail to expand. The plug is to prevent the plugging. It also gets around New Jersey hollow point ban, etc. and lets older guns that won't feed HP reliably have an expandable bullet.
BBI do you have any info about CorBon powerball ammo (I got some in a deal). Where the cavity would be on a normal JHP the area is filled with a (I believe) fiberglas ball. The idea is that it prevents the cavity from filling up with clothing material (such as denim or carharrt stuff) and beginning premature expansion of the round. I'm a bit skeptical because including the powerball detracts from the weight of the rest of the bullet and the fiberglas ball seems like it would mimic the effects of a cavity filled with material (premature expansion) on contact with something heavy like denim or carharrt. These things are driven pretty hard (1450fps for 115gr 38SA) but haven't found much real world info on them. Lot of hageographic stuff from CorBon themselves
I don't think I was one of the original scoffers, but will scoff now. In 9mm, the bonded hollowpoints tend to penetrate further through intermediate barriers than FMJ as the FMJ isn't loaded as hot and the jackets shed, reducing mass from an already light round. I've seen 9mm ball stopped by aluminum siding, so it wouldn't be my go to for barrier penetration, and it relies heavily on shot placement for a stop. I've had loooots of folks with 9mm ball in their pelvis or torso walking around talking about current events.
To me, carrying FMJ in duty calibers because of a failure of the HP in once instance is like not wearing a seat belt because one guy got trapped in a burning car. .380, meh, maybe. Revolver calibers, wadcutters tend to be nastier than FMJ in their wound channel, so if it's a barrel length or caliber that won't reliably expand you can use the wadcutter load for lighter recoil and a better effect in meat.
... We were frankly unimpressed with these loads. ...