Good grief! I read the post about this new ammo. I sure WOULDN'T use the first two choices!!!! The third choice may be worth looking into, however. I was gonna post a response there, but I am long winded and they only allow 16k of reply
So here goes...
Let me start with the first assumption made...that a .380 caliber bullet can achieve one-shot killing power. That assumption would have to be based on a human target that is standing perfectly still, facing you directly, and not resisting being shot at in any way. Achieving a precision shot as described in the post made by Mr. Sundles just isn't possible in real world gunfights where adrenalin is flowing at full speed in BOTH combatants, and neither one is standing still waiting to be shot in the correct place. Yes, it's probably true that a frangible bullet won't achieve instant killing power with one shot. It will take MORE THAN ONE HIT to kill with it. But the same holds true of ANY .32/.380 round. These bullets are NOT "death rays". You are going to have to score multiple hits on a "drugged up maniac" to do any real damage, no matter if you are using a .32 auto or a .45ACP.
Second assumption...that maximum penetration is okay no matter what the circumstance...let me quote Mr. Sundles... "You chose to carry a tiny under-powered 380 auto pistol and the trade-off is that you are now going to have to stay alive with that pistol and over penetration will be the least of your worries if you end up needing this gun to save yourself or your family." Oh really? What if your family is BEHIND the bad guy when you have to take the shot? Or what if there is no solid wall to prevent a bullet from whizzing through the bad guy to continue on into who knows what? Does killing the bad guy take priority over EVERYTHING? I don't think so. What good is it to be standing over the corpse of the bad guy AND the corpse of an innocent bystander????? You have saved yourself and your family, but now you are going to prison for manslaughter. Wonderful.
It scares me that this kind of advice is given without any thought about possible consequences. This ammo isn't just penetrating the FBI-suggested 12inches, it's penetrating "20+ inches"!!! It's gonna be VERY hard to justify that amount of penetration when you are on the witness stand and you don't even have FBI testing/conclusions to back you up.
My suggestion is to go with the #3 ammo that he is developing. 10+ inches is plenty good enough. I know there will be some (maybe many) that will disagree with me, but I am not gonna get in any heated ammo debates like I did on the P-99 section.
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