HERE is an interesting essay on defensive handgun ammo penetration over at Common Sense Tactical and Practical. I don’t want to start a debate but I would like to add a comment from a man, Finn Aagaard, who probably knew more about terminal bullet performance than any one currently writing on the subject. Finn believed that, absent adequate penetration nothing else mattered. …
I’ve been doing a lot of reading on handgun wounds and a lot of experts say velocity and the temporary stretch cavity do not contribute to wounding. I’m a simple man but if that were true, wouldn’t a .38 Special be just as deadly as a .357 Magnum?
The recent polls conducted on AR 15 cartridges yielded some interesting information. Obviously, these were not scientific polls but given there were in the neighborhood of 700 responses we could say they are an indication of trends. Without question it seems obvious that the .223 Remington is thought to be the best general purpose, battle and varmint cartridge for the AR 15. …
