What is your preference for personal defense ammunition?


I've read it a couple times. I actually quoted the section on shotguns a page back.

Was this a general post in reply to the thread topic? Or were you chiming in on the current debate?


This was pretty cool:
http://wstiac.alionscience.com/pdf/WQV8N1_ART01.pdf

As was this:
http://ammo.ar15.com/project/Fackler_Articles/Theodore_Kocher.pdf

This one concludes that, provided sufficient penetration, the most effective bullet is the one that expands the most.
http://ammo.ar15.com/project/Fackler_Articles/ideal_police_bullet.pdf

Disputes kinetic energy dump and other common myths of ballistic wounds. mostly consistent with the FBI report.
http://www.rkba.org/research/fackler/wrong.html
 
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If ball ammo is so good, why does the US Military avoid the use of plain ball ammo at every opportunity that it can?
 
Grapeshot, but I'm sure SMEAC will disagree. :p
 
What is currenlty the preferred round?

USMC's SOST is probably what everyone should go with

Big Army has M855A1, but it has some issues other than its terminal performance

SOF, mostly, has Mk262 in a couple variations but its expensive

There is M995 for actual AP purposes, but it sucks at wounding.
 
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