Does anyone carry with FMJ bullets?

[DownDeep]

FMJ is about all I can find right now at somewhat of a descent price.

 

[omegis13]

Bangers use ball because its cheap.

I'm not a banger, but I carry ball in my .45.

 

[poopgiggle]

FMJ is about all I can find right now at somewhat of a descent price.

Do you shoot JHP that often? I just ran enough through my pistol to make sure it fed reliably, and now I just try to shoot it up and replace it every few months because I'm paranoid about bullets getting set back in the case from repeated chambering after taking the pistol to the range.

Where's a good place in Tulsa to go for defensive ammo (or where WAS a good place, before Obamarama)? Academy only ever had Federal Hydrashoks (what I have now), but I'm looking for a more modern, better-performing projectile like Speer Gold Dots.

 

[huskres]

Sports World has some at times. It depends what caliber.

 

[realamane]

depends on what gun im carrying

 

[dru]

steel core penetrators with copper jackets for me. don't judge, they might be wearing body armor.

J/K...gold dot 9mm 115 gr JHP

 

[grwd]

380 or 45 are the only guns Id feel comfortable running fmjs for defense.

 

[ssgrock3]

Stop perpetuating this myth. The switch to jacketed bullets happened when armies switched from black powder to smokeless powder; the hotter powder and higher velocities made lead bullets foul the barrel too much, hence the metal jacket. Hollow point bullets were banned by the Hague Convention because armies noticed the inferior terminal performance of FMJ and the various tricks that they tried to make them more effective (dum-dum bullets, etc) caused some moral panic. Notice how many military bullets are designed to yaw on impact to get around this prohibition.

thank you for curbing this myth.

 

[308shooter]

Go to bass pro get.xd45 I think it's called hollow points 230g it's in a red box. I shot a guy breaking into my house with it once blew the back of his head out and his little partner gave up and laid on the floor and begged for his life.

 

[308shooter]

Needless to say it got the job done.