Discussion: Why You Don’t Need Hollow Points

[Old_Me]

"This is why smaller, or lower-powered, centerfire cartridges are best served by either FMJ or Lehigh-type projectiles."


Accurate shot placement will do the rest.

thing is...under duress or shear fear, can everyone put the shot where needed......100% of the time...???

i think not.

cuz if that were true......hitting the spot 100% of the time....then why do even the cops..."spray" shots all over the place"..???

we as ordinary citizens probably train more each week, than most cops, but that is still no guarantee......we can hit the target.

 

[Captain O]

Show them what a shotgun can do and watch them lose whatever mind they can conjure up.

Yes. Suddenly their colon will think that it was a stick-up; their bowels will promptly, and abruptly. evacuate!

 

[Retired Bum]

Hitting the target has never been difficult, until the target returns fire...

 

[Captain O]

Hitting the target has never been difficult, until the target returns fire...

"God blesses those whose cause is just. He thrice is blessed who gets his blow in first." - Old American Proverb.

 

[Anchorite]

The manufacturers are always looking for the next 'big thing' to promote what will boost sales and make them money. Hollow points fall into that category.

People have tried various forms of hollow point all the way back to the days of the buffalo hunters. They never caught on, for whatever the reasons may be. Then along came SuperVel in the 70s, and all the other manufacturers tried again with a full court press. The rest is history, even though it took ~30 years to work out most of the kinks.

I've never thought that much of hollow points. I've not seen any evidence that they are to be preferred over a good soft point or solid, especially when you take performance in the game fields into account.

JMO.

 

[Retired Bum]

The manufacturers are always looking for the next 'big thing' to promote what will boost sales and make them money. Hollow points fall into that category.

People have tried various forms of hollow point all the way back to the days of the buffalo hunters. They never caught on, for whatever the reasons may be. Then along came SuperVel in the 70s, and all the other manufacturers tried again with a full court press. The rest is history, even though it took ~30 years to work out most of the kinks.

I've never thought that much of hollow points. I've not seen any evidence that they are to be preferred over a good soft point or solid, especially when you take performance in the game fields into account.

JMO.

The only one that I ever wanted was the silvertip and later, the talon, both similar and from Winchester. Both very effective from my experience and observation.