FriscoKid wrote:Does any one else change up ammo in the middle of your magazine stack?
When I was an LEO, I carried a 15+1 9mm and two extra clips. The top 8 rounds in my gun were HydraShok, and everything from there down was ball ammo. The extra clips were all ball ammo.
My reasoning was this: In the vast majority of situations you're going to fire half a clip or less. Probably in over 95%. For the other 5%, the further you get into your ammo supply the more likely you're going to need penetration as opposed to expansion. Unless you're in the middle of the desert, the bad guys are going to have headed behind cars, walls, trees or something else by the time you get into your second clip for sure.
I was the only person in my department who carried ammo this way. Most of the old guys just carried all standard self-protection hollowpoints, and the younger guys all had three clips of Black Talon.
I don't carry the extra clips now, but I do still stack a half clip of expansion and a half clip of penetration ammo.
It's probably not all that important to change up if you're only carrying 6 or 8 rounds total.
Thoughts?
I am 100% hollow points.
If you have a magazine failure (or a stoppage that requires you to strip it from the weapon) then you would be left with only ball ammo to recharge with.
If you face multiple threats (more common these days), then 8 shots into the fight...you are relegated to using ball ammo.
Proper "Cover" will not be penetrated by either round, so hollow points may as well be used.
In any case, I wouldn't care to be shot with either one...and every person must carry what they are comfortable with.