What to carry in spare mags, JHP or FMJ?

[Treylis]

Ayoob illustrated this point in the 1980s with an example of a Houston police officer who carried a SIG-Sauer P-220 loaded with 185-grain Silvertips and carried a separate magazine of CCI-Speer 200-grain "flying ashtray" JHPs. Based on his own experiments, he found that the Speer bullets deflated an automobile tire very quickly compared to the Silvertips. The day came when he was pursuing a car full of armed thugs. He exchanged the Silvertip magazine in his SIG for the one loaded with Speers while driving with one hand. He approached the BG's car from the right side, fired the Silvertip into their rear tire with little effect, and followed it up with six Speers that quickly deflated the tire and brought the subject car to a halt. While exiting his vehicle, the police officer reloaded with a magazine of Silvertips to back up the one Speer left in the SIG's chamber to cover the suspects until backup arrived.

That's one fast-thinking, fast-moving dude.

Incidentally, I'd love to be able to "experiment" to see what works best on blowing out tires. Much fun. ;-)

 

[JamisJockey]

That's one fast-thinking, fast-moving dude.

Although my daily work calls for instant life or death decisions, it doesn't involve someone taking shots at me. I don't think I could make those deicions. I carry as much JHP as I can, and if I feel I should have more ammo I'll dig out some FMJ (or wadcutters for the .357).

 

[lostdog]

hello

I cary an APLP round..it does it all. (armour piercing, limited penatration.)

 

[igor]

What Diggler, Mannlicher and Heraclitus said. Are you listening to yourselves, seriously?

Situations that would call for using a handgun within a civilized society will be highly unpredictable, extremely fast and prohibitive to conscious decision-making. Get real and stop mixing your ammunition, nothing good will come out of it.

There. Said it. <dons nomex body-condom>