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by BrianSW99
Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:27 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: POLL .380 Ammo JHP or FMJ for self defense?
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Re: POLL .380 Ammo JHP or FMJ for self defense?

I'm curious how many of those saying they carry JHP have looked up the ballistics and test results from the various 380 rounds before coming to the decision to carry JHP, or are you carrying it because it's the conventional wisdom that you carry JHP for self defense?

The results I've seen from various tests of 380 rounds are enough to make me a little uneasy about the effectiveness of many popular JHP brands in that caliber. There are many documented instances of JHP rounds failing to expand in ballistic gelatin and with penetration depths that would only be considered marginally good enough.

Certain brands seem to perform much better than others. Corbon DPX is one that seems to fairly consistently expand in the tests and has reasonably good penetration. I would probably carry this one if I had some. Some other popular brands don't fare so well. I think it was Speer Gold Dots for example had a high percentage of rounds that failed to expand in some of the tests.

Brian

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