I heard that if you load hollow point bullets in your home defense weapon, and if you shoot and kill an intruder, that you can g , AM. I heard that if you load hollow point bullets in your home defense weapon, and if you shoot and kill an intruder, that you can go to jail for murder because the hollow points are more lethal. Tags: None. I have heard you should not use handloads in your personal defense weapon, beacause you could cook up a load that is more devastating than factory ammo.
It could be seen as cruel and unusual punishment if you shot someone that broke into your house and tried to kill you. The way I look at it you can't go wrong by practicing with your handloads and then at night have you magazine ready with hydrashoks, glaser rounds, or some hornady FTX.
Comment Post Cancel. If you are legally justified in shooting to kill, the law doesn't care if you use a. Dead bad guy is dead bad guy.
Figure that if you shoot or kill an intruder you will end up in court and you will likely get sued. A lawyer will try to introduce anything he can to win the case notice I said win and not prove truth. A FMJ is more likely to go through a person and possibly injure someone else. And it may not stop the intruder. Hollow point pistols are meant to deposit their energy and not exit, and are less likely to injure someone else. I've seen studies where the hollow point have filled with plaster when going through a wall and have not expanded - same with some clothing.
But I'd take my chance with the hollow points. It's about practical self defense and protecting yourself and the ones you love. Fisher Boy.
Hey, i use to sleep with a rubber band gun near by ofter the neighbors house got broken into so i could at least knock the guy out, because it was made of a piece that was a strong as a 2 by 4.
Ralph the Rifleman. Lets first pray that NONE of us will ever need to take a life, but if it were necessary to stop an intruder from hurting you, or a family member, and you do shoot someone there is a chance of being held liable; either in criminal or civil court. I would recomend having "layered" security in your home. Better doors, windows, lights and an alarm system to include a dog!
My defense weapons has "bullets" in them, regardless of type, can kill. My Prof at college, a seasoned officer gone lawyer, recommended to shoot them with whatever you have for defense and when the police arrive ask them you would like to call your lawyer BEFORE answering any questions! Jim in Mo. MLH, it is true they stop expanding when hp gets filled with something.
When I first got my. The ground was wet and muddy. This means an increase in the force it delivers when the bullet hits its mark. Can one type of bullet really be considered safer than others? In the case of hollow points, yes. The rounded and smooth surface of full metal jacket rounds means that these bullets are more likely to pass through the target.
In this case, rounds intended to stop an attacker could travel through the body and result in less initial damage. These wayward rounds can also keep traveling, through either a body or wall, and make contact with innocent bystanders. The expanding capability of the hollow point decreases the likelihood of this scenario, thus keeping bystanders more safe. Some Downsides to Hollow Points As with all types of ammunition, there are some disadvantages to weigh.
Hollow point ammunition is more expensive than round nose, and that makes practice pricey. Handgun owners should practice regularly with the gun and ammo that will be used in self-defense scenarios, and in this case the cost could add up. For general target practice, round nose options are a much better option, for both reliability and cost. It has to work every single time, possibly under the worst of conditions.
It has to penetrate the target to an appropriate depth to cause enough damage to stop whatever aggressive behavior caused the user to fire it in the first place. It has to expand reliably under a variety of target conditions to maximize its fight-stopping effectiveness.
These five loads were designed to save your life. The last two items on this list are really about maximizing the effectiveness of relatively weak handguns. Many people shot with handguns of any caliber continue doing whatever it was they were doing for a period of time — even after being shot.
Police encounters have documented bad guys continuing to fight after being shot 10, 20, and even 33 times. Why the need for expansion? If a bullet expands in the target it can do more damage, cause more bleeding and loss of blood pressure, and therefore potentially stop an attacker more quickly.
The last item on the handgun ammunition performance criteria list, expansion, is what leads us right to hollow-point ammunition. First, what is a hollow-point bullet? As the name implies, the tip is hollow and has a cavity cut or formed.
The idea behind this is that when the bullet passes through liquid-like material at sufficient velocity, the pressure of the fluid inside the hollowed-out area causes the bullet material to push outward or expand. Think of it like dragging a red Solo cup through a swimming pool open side first. If you move it fast enough through the water, the cup will eventually open to the point of ripping apart. Contrary to popular myth, hollow-points do NOT expand while flying through the air!
So, hollow-points are designed to expand, causing their diameter to increase as they pass through the target. Acceptable expansion is considered by many to be 1. As an example, a 9mm bullet has a diameter of. If it expands to 1. Some ammo will expand to nearly double its original diameter. So why not design bullets that expand as much as possible? Because penetration and expansion work against each other. The more a bullet expands, the less it will penetrate due to friction.
This balance between expansion and penetration is a sophisticated act. What makes it even tougher is that bullets need to perform within design parameters even though they might have passed through a variety of barriers in front of the target like clothing, glass, wood, or automotive steel.
With so many potential variables, how to ammunition manufacturers optimize their designs?
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