I put this out before, and I don't think I ever got a clear answer. Has this type of round (solid, non-expanded, fluted projectile) ever been shown to have superior performance to FMJ as far as incapacitating humans?
From what I have seen, the answer to your question is likely a solid ''no''. Not seeing any large LE agencies or the .mil buying this stuff.
LeHigh Defense's advertisements suggest that they have yet to realize that the radial cracking exhinbited in testing in 10% gelatin (of any other test medium) does not correlate directly with actual tissue damage.
The claims that they are making (either intentionally or out of ignorance) can mislead potential buyers and in either event, I would hesitate to take anything that they say as accurate.
FWIW, I am taking this opinion as the final word on the matter:
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''Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.'' ―Albert Einstein
Full disclosure per the Pistol-Forum CoC: I am the author of Quantitative Ammunition Selection.
You’re not wrong. However my testing today yielded acceptable results for Buffalo Bore 147 hard cast with an added taper crimp. My take home is: don’t re-use any defense rounds from a cylinder that’s been partially shot. I’m satisfied that it’s not going to jump out during any single 5 shot engagement.
BB HC with taper crimp: 1.0760” COL
1.0970” after 4 shots
1.1160” after 8 shots
On the other hand, Lehigh XP jumped out a lot more, and I can’t recommend this bullet for 9mm revolvers:
XP 1.0965” COL
1.1675” after 4 shots
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My hope is that this would be better than the usual loads for .32acp or .380acp, where you either get a JHP that expands, but doesn't penetrate, or a FMJ that deflects off bones ect. due to the round nose profile.
Admittedly, it's no where close to what a good 9mm will do, but sometimes a NPE mouseguns or "old man's gun" is the only option one might have.
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We could isolate Russia totally from the world and maybe they could apply for membership after 2000 years.
Funny this came up- a friend of mine asked me to clean her Glock 42, and she had a load of .380 Glasers in the mag.
I mentioned she needed better ammo- what's better? Extreme Penetrators or BB hardcast flatpoints?
"You win 100% of the fights you avoid. If you're not there when it happens, you don't lose." - William Aprill
"I've owned a guitar for 31 years and that sure hasn't made me a musician, let alone an expert. It's made me a guy who owns a guitar."- BBI