ERIN Digital & Phone net Tuesday November 19, 2024; Go HERE for Current SOI
Quote from: Grudgie on February 18, 2013, 12:50:11 AMQuoteIn a perfect world it would depend on purpose and caliber. Thatguy has it right. It all depends on what caliber you are using. Different callibers behave differently at different velocitys. A hollow point .45 slug is designed to expand which is basically what a soft point rifle round is designed to do. However a hollow point 40 gr .223 bullet travelling at 3800 fps is designed to fragment into shards.In my opinion the best .223 bullet to stock up on for the value is Hornady's 75 gr boat tail hollow point or Sierra 77 gr matchking backed by 24 grains of Varget. This is only for reloaders though. It isn't a true hollow point. It is technically an open tip match design. But the copper jacket is thin which will fragment at low velocitys and the bullet itself is big enough that some of it will stay intact and penetrate.This is for SHTF and defending the homestead. If I was fighting a Fascist police state/United Nations/occupying military I would want the best match bolt action rifle money can buy with a big bullet. Or an M1 Garand and some .30-06 armour penetrating rounds.you do realize cops only have level II level IIIA armor right?A hot loaded 357mag can go through that with the exception of swat that is, they do wear rifle plates
QuoteIn a perfect world it would depend on purpose and caliber. Thatguy has it right. It all depends on what caliber you are using. Different callibers behave differently at different velocitys. A hollow point .45 slug is designed to expand which is basically what a soft point rifle round is designed to do. However a hollow point 40 gr .223 bullet travelling at 3800 fps is designed to fragment into shards.In my opinion the best .223 bullet to stock up on for the value is Hornady's 75 gr boat tail hollow point or Sierra 77 gr matchking backed by 24 grains of Varget. This is only for reloaders though. It isn't a true hollow point. It is technically an open tip match design. But the copper jacket is thin which will fragment at low velocitys and the bullet itself is big enough that some of it will stay intact and penetrate.This is for SHTF and defending the homestead. If I was fighting a Fascist police state/United Nations/occupying military I would want the best match bolt action rifle money can buy with a big bullet. Or an M1 Garand and some .30-06 armour penetrating rounds.
In a perfect world it would depend on purpose and caliber.
reaver, there is no way to hot load a 40 to penetrate level IIIA357mag is the only caliber that i have ever seen do it
could be, but i have never tested it out myself