Unearthed
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Basically when it comes to ammo there are two schools of thought. One says that lighter, and therefore, faster bullets, are more effective. The other believes that slower, heavier bullets are more effective.
Personally, I carry 147gr ammo and am happy to sacrifice a couple hundred FPS to use a bullet with more mass behind it. My thinking is that it will penetrate better because it will slow down less when it actually hits a person. Looking at test data of recently developed big name rounds, I noticed that the heavier bullets actually penetrated ballistic gel further than lighter rounds. Who knows what this means in real life...but I do know the 147gr rounds let me line up follow-up shots quicker than lighter +p rounds.
Any thoughts?
Personally, I carry 147gr ammo and am happy to sacrifice a couple hundred FPS to use a bullet with more mass behind it. My thinking is that it will penetrate better because it will slow down less when it actually hits a person. Looking at test data of recently developed big name rounds, I noticed that the heavier bullets actually penetrated ballistic gel further than lighter rounds. Who knows what this means in real life...but I do know the 147gr rounds let me line up follow-up shots quicker than lighter +p rounds.
Any thoughts?