Okay, now for another "this one or that one" question I have. I know these kind of questions can get kinda irritating under the wrong circumstances but there's alot I don't know.
I'm of the personal opinion that you should buy a long barrel unless you just can't accomidate one. If you can't then depending how short you go, you might loose too much velocity which will force you to go with a lighter bullet to retain the speed. But, if you can avoid losing the speed, then get a heavier bullet. I personally like the idea of the 230 grain bullets for the sake of the extra "oomph" it has over, lets say, a 165 grain bullet.
I've got an idea and I need all you who actually know what the hell you're talking about to tell me if I'm on the right track or not. On the one hand, you need size because a baseball sized hole (exagerated on purpose) will do much more damage than a hole the size of a ball bearing. On the other hand, if the baseball sized projectile doesn't penetrate far enough, it becomes ineffective and requires you to switch objects. A JHP will leave a bigger hole, but the .45ACP is slow enough as it is. If you get a slow object to expand, won't there be a possibility that it's expanded size and thus flat face might hinder it's penetration too much? On the other hand, the FMJ won't leave as big a hole as the JHP but I would imagine that the rounded face and the momentum would carry the bullet far enough in that the FMJ might be more effective than the JHP. After all, the FMJ is already big enough as it is, I'm not sure it really needs to be that much bigger to be effective does it?
I'm of the personal opinion that you should buy a long barrel unless you just can't accomidate one. If you can't then depending how short you go, you might loose too much velocity which will force you to go with a lighter bullet to retain the speed. But, if you can avoid losing the speed, then get a heavier bullet. I personally like the idea of the 230 grain bullets for the sake of the extra "oomph" it has over, lets say, a 165 grain bullet.
I've got an idea and I need all you who actually know what the hell you're talking about to tell me if I'm on the right track or not. On the one hand, you need size because a baseball sized hole (exagerated on purpose) will do much more damage than a hole the size of a ball bearing. On the other hand, if the baseball sized projectile doesn't penetrate far enough, it becomes ineffective and requires you to switch objects. A JHP will leave a bigger hole, but the .45ACP is slow enough as it is. If you get a slow object to expand, won't there be a possibility that it's expanded size and thus flat face might hinder it's penetration too much? On the other hand, the FMJ won't leave as big a hole as the JHP but I would imagine that the rounded face and the momentum would carry the bullet far enough in that the FMJ might be more effective than the JHP. After all, the FMJ is already big enough as it is, I'm not sure it really needs to be that much bigger to be effective does it?
