Did some atypical caliber testing today for shootability.
9 major in a G19.5 plus PMM JTTC
40SW in a Glock 20
Did some atypical caliber testing today for shootability.
9 major in a G19.5 plus PMM JTTC
40SW in a Glock 20
I'm not sure that's the reason, according to the following, which claims that hollowpoints are permitted (at least for police) but that the ammo they produce and source is not really trusted to expand:
https://revolverguy.com/guns-in-brazil/
I do know that in the past, Brazilian civilians were limited to no larger than .32 ACP and then no larger than .380. I think Bolsonaro may have gotten rid of this, but not sure. Police could have larger calibers for their duty guns, and this culturally led to the desire for larger calibers. The .40s seem to be a standardization that's a middle ground between the .357s, 9mms, and .45s that individual agencies were using.
IIRC, and I will have to do some searching later to find this, I seem to remember DocGKR stating that the truncated nose of FMJ .40 loads (or Speer Lawman .45 flat point loads) don't cause appreciably more damage than a regular round nose FMJ. Makes sense, since there's no sharp cutting edge like in a full wadcutter.
That's not my main concern as we are splitting hairs there, the main factor that's affected is straight line penetration. The round nose tends to be easily taken off being nose forward for optimal penetration and the truncated cone will be more likely to smash through unaffected (or less affected).
Interesting specs.
The G22.5 slide is heavier than the G35.4 slide and just a little lighter than a G20.4 slide…
I have seen some Winchester .45 with a flat nose FMJ bullet. Specifically the "train and defend" and "USA Ready" stuff.