Pistol rounds are hole punchers. You want an expanded bullet with enough mass to have
Adequate penetration. Energy numbers are more useful in hunting rifle rounds where wound cavity exceeds the expanded diameter of the bullet.
Even the fastest pistol rounds are not really capable of this. People mistakenly see a "wound cavity" in gelatin and think that tissue and sinew will react the same way. Gelatin is jiggly but brittle. It "cracks" when hit
By a pistol round, and the faster rounds will "crack" the gelatin more. Tissue does not react the same
Way, at least at pistol velocities. At rifle speeds, say above
2000 fps WILL cause a rupture type wound. But even a .30
Carbine at
About 1800 fps causes a more pistol type
Wound path.
Adequate penetration. Energy numbers are more useful in hunting rifle rounds where wound cavity exceeds the expanded diameter of the bullet.
Even the fastest pistol rounds are not really capable of this. People mistakenly see a "wound cavity" in gelatin and think that tissue and sinew will react the same way. Gelatin is jiggly but brittle. It "cracks" when hit
By a pistol round, and the faster rounds will "crack" the gelatin more. Tissue does not react the same
Way, at least at pistol velocities. At rifle speeds, say above
2000 fps WILL cause a rupture type wound. But even a .30
Carbine at
About 1800 fps causes a more pistol type
Wound path.
