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Originally Posted by Tobra
Seems to me that 686 w/3" barrel would be a nice carry piece.
I sometimes wonder about the hardon their seems to be for hollow point ammo in the hotted up personal protection flavors. I would think that a heavier projectile would be better, particularly out of a short barrel. For example, I suspect that a 147 gr would perform better than 124 gr in those circumstances. I bet someone has checked that out and made a video for me
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The fast, lightweight hollow points make impressive wound channels in ballistic gel, and they make pretty little mushrooms. Both look good in advertisements and on youtube.
The real test is in living flesh and bone. The bullets that work the best there don't make dramatic wound channels in ballistic gel, nor do they make pretty little mushrooms. Because they don't mushroom.
I've said it before - rifles are great. We get enough power to both penetrate and mushroom. In handguns, because they are markedly less powerful, we have to choose between the two. Penetration wins, hands down, every time. Because if you don't get any, the prettiest little mushroom in the world won't do squat.