Wadcutters

[Drail]

Bullet design has come a LONG WAY from the days when everybody knew that any snub could not produce enough velocity to expand a hollowpoint. It's not necessary to drive a bullet extremely fast anymore. I have carried a .44 Spl. snub for many years loaded with full wadcutters. They will tear flesh and bone up just fine at 800 fps. or less and rarely exhibit overpenetration.

 

[jkdbjj]

If the caliber is right and the shooter does the job, wadcutters are fine.

 

[rhino]

If the caliber is right and the shooter does the job, wadcutters are fine.

So . . . 12 ga?

 

[Leadeye]

I don't think I've ever seen wadcutters for a 45 Colt, that said I've seen 250 grain cast lead bullets out of a 45 Colt go through a deer at 20 yards.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

I don't think I've ever seen wadcutters for a 45 Colt, that said I've seen 250 grain cast lead bullets out of a 45 Colt go through a deer at 20 yards.

There is a source for bullets if you reload. 45 Wadcutters : Matts Bullets

Buffalo bore does make one as a factory offering.

 

[t-squared]

I don't think I've ever seen wadcutters for a 45 Colt, that said I've seen 250 grain cast lead bullets out of a 45 Colt go through a deer at 20 yards.

Penn makes them too......45 Caliber Bullets Available From Penn Bullets
[the 225gn specialty wcbb]

 

[jkdbjj]

So . . . 12 ga?

If that is what you carry, sure. I was thinking .38, .44 or .45...but hey.

On the topic of Buffalo Bore, and .45's, this ammo is very, very good:

https://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=268

 

[Drail]

That was an excellent description of what wadcutters do to soft targets.

 

[Tanfodude]

This thread lead me to documentingreality.com

 

[Coach]

This thread lead me to documentingreality.com

What does this mean?

 

[Tanfodude]

What does this mean?

I was looking at wound tracks on different bullets. Nice site though but not for the faint of heart.

 

[ghitch75]

these

in this not under gunned at all

 

[Skullglide]

Ghitch75, you are a tease. Leaving the safe cracked open for a glimpse of wheel gun goodness. Dirty, dirty trick.

 

[10-32]

Are wadcutters suitable for self defense?

I take it you heard that myth going around again that Wad Cutters are less likely to go through walls?

I only ask because I was in Indy Gun Bunker (used to be Pop's) not long ago and I over heard an employee telling a customer this.

 

[LCSOSgt11]

Jim Cirillo seemed to think that wadcutters were the perfect ammunition for a .38 snubbie, such as a Smith 36, or a Colt Cobra/Agent/Detective Special.

 

[ghitch75]

the ones above traveling roughly 300fps fast in a 45 Colt will blow through a deer at 100y and it is not pretty on the other side.....

 

[Indyhd]

As BBI stated, I never felt underpowered when I carried them in a Smith model 25.

 

[gmcttr]

In the long-ago days of my youth in law enforcement a hollow-based wadcutter loaded upside down with the cavity forward was considered a deadly self-defense load.

Federal updated that a bit...https://www.targetsportsusa.com/fed...mo-p-129-grain-hst-jhp-p38hst1ss-p-77798.aspx