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Paladin_Havegun_Willtravel wrote:
You want deep penetration, to make sure you reach vital organs or the CNS,with a round that always works in your gun. If it does that and expands well to, all the better.
If you are ever in a gun fight, shoot until you stop the threat, or it stops you. At 21 feet, how well you shoot will be far more important than what you shoot.
I religiously carry Speer Gold Dot JHP in all my self defense handguns. I am more worried about over penetration than under as most your "criminal" encounters are going to be with someone with no vest. A standard 150g JHP will cut though as many layers of cloths that he wants to wear, and I want to kill the perp, not the 9 year old kid 100 feet behind and in the next room. My first two rounds are Glaser Silver SS and the rest are JHPs.
I have to agree with Paladin. Spend more time worrying about hitting the target and less time worrying about how many "Ps & +s" you got in your bullets. The greater the bang, the greater the kick and the harder it is to keep on target for follow up shots, and everyone knows they don't go flying back 10 feet to the ground when you hit them. In a typical shoot out, you WILL be firing more than one shot.
Point is, you want maximum internal damage, not a round that fly's clean through them. The sooner they realize they have been hit, the sooner they lay down and die or give up. You want them to KNOW they been hit, because most criminals are cowards.
In my .22MM backup, the first two rounds are rat shot and the last 3 are GD 50g JHP. You should see what that rat shot does to the head of a silhouette target at 15ft at the range. (shivers) It may not do much against heavy clothing, but any bare skin is gonna feel it and feel it fast. If you hit an unarmed (no gun) assailant square in the face, forget about it. They are done!
