Buck13
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It's funny that many revolver guys LOVE flat point bullets and think that SWCs or the flat point designs from LBT are excellent at creating wounds, but there seems to be less interest in that among auto shooters. It's a little hard to believe that the copper plating and the slightly less-square edge of a flat-point auto pistol bullet completely destroys the magic. Obviously the meplat of a .355" FP is not to be compared with that of a .452" WFN, and the revolver bullets are often faster (although plenty of people like the SWC in non-magnums as well), but still...is there value to FP bullets, or not?
My first hit in looking for side-by-side comparisons of RN and FP bullets was this:
Weird. The Winchesters FPs had the lowest velocity but greatest penetration. How'd that happen?
Yet I thought the FPs did shake up the gel block more. Am I imagining that?
This makes me think the idea may not be entirely wrong, at least for a marginal caliber like the 9 x 17, but it's not dramatic and n = 1. If you have any other links to FP and RN gel tests, please post them.
My first hit in looking for side-by-side comparisons of RN and FP bullets was this:
Weird. The Winchesters FPs had the lowest velocity but greatest penetration. How'd that happen?
Yet I thought the FPs did shake up the gel block more. Am I imagining that?
This makes me think the idea may not be entirely wrong, at least for a marginal caliber like the 9 x 17, but it's not dramatic and n = 1. If you have any other links to FP and RN gel tests, please post them.