What people don't get, is that 'Armor Piercing' rounds are generally made of a very hard metal that does not deform as easily at the tip. This allows them to 'knife' through the armor where a normal copper-jacketed lead round would immediately expand, shed it's energy, and not penetrate. Some others carry a hardened 'core' inside the softer metal.Mike1951 wrote:A friend shot two large, marauding dogs that were after his daughter's goats. Both ran a short distance. Neither bullet exited, but he reported that the animals bled from every orifice.
Everyone worries about the armor piercing rounds, but the V-Max bullet, with its explosive effect, could produce a truly horrific wound.
The factor that makes AP rounds armor piercing, also makes them less deadly to NON armored targets. They make smaller wound channels and tend to overpenetrate. They do not expand as much, do not bounce around as much, and do not cause as massive shock trauma.
If you gave me a choice to take a random round through a random place in my chest, and I could choose either JHP or AP, I'd choose the AP in a second. Better chance for survival.
Granted, if either hit you in the heart, or the spine, you're toast anyways.
So using Armor Piercing rounds in an attack would actually be LESS effective than standard JHP's. The only time AP rounds would be 'worth' using, is when you're going up against a known armored foe.