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<blockquote data-quote="NikatKimber" data-source="post: 1421574" data-attributes="member: 423"><p>beast, I don't think anyone here would recommend "pick one and forget it," but rather pick a brand, test it in your gun, if it works, thumbs up. If not, move to a different brand. </p><p></p><p>What's being recommended is that you don't waste time or money testing the results of said hollow point brand in water or phone books or whathaveyou. The difference in most mainstream brand hollowpoints is negligible compared to everything that happens between "needing" them, and the round expanding in whatever required killing. IE, draw, aim, fire, feed, fire, feed etc, hit/miss, penetration. If all that can be done (and proven under stress), then <em>maybe </em>talking about that extra 0.01" of expansion would be worthwhile.</p><p></p><p>Then you still have the consideration that X brand may expand violently when it hits open flesh (abdomen area), but not if it hits clothing/bone first, where Y may still expand if it hits bone, but not clothing, or Z may expand with clothing, but not bone, or...</p><p></p><p>The list can go on and on forever.</p><p></p><p>Gel or anything else homogeneous (consistent makeup throughout), is only a base point. IE, if it doesn't expand at all in gel, more than likely it won't in flesh either. If it expands violently and penetrates diddly, then likely not a good candidate for SD. Those results are available on the net with some searching.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NikatKimber, post: 1421574, member: 423"] beast, I don't think anyone here would recommend "pick one and forget it," but rather pick a brand, test it in your gun, if it works, thumbs up. If not, move to a different brand. What's being recommended is that you don't waste time or money testing the results of said hollow point brand in water or phone books or whathaveyou. The difference in most mainstream brand hollowpoints is negligible compared to everything that happens between "needing" them, and the round expanding in whatever required killing. IE, draw, aim, fire, feed, fire, feed etc, hit/miss, penetration. If all that can be done (and proven under stress), then [I]maybe [/I]talking about that extra 0.01" of expansion would be worthwhile. Then you still have the consideration that X brand may expand violently when it hits open flesh (abdomen area), but not if it hits clothing/bone first, where Y may still expand if it hits bone, but not clothing, or Z may expand with clothing, but not bone, or... The list can go on and on forever. Gel or anything else homogeneous (consistent makeup throughout), is only a base point. IE, if it doesn't expand at all in gel, more than likely it won't in flesh either. If it expands violently and penetrates diddly, then likely not a good candidate for SD. Those results are available on the net with some searching. [/QUOTE]
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