Mega Rad Gun Thread

[Boney]

hydrostatic shock performance

No pistol caliber (well, never say never I guess) is going to leave behind a permenant wound channel based on velocity. You only get fast enough for deformation and tumbeling to occur until you get into rifle calibers.

Hydrostatic shock isnt technically a real phenomena but it is a very useful term for describing "flesh tearing because of the temporary wound cavity" which depending on where someone gets shot may or may not even come into play. Fundamentally no matter what sort of bullet you use they kill by poking holes in people.

Federal HST is great in my opinion because it so reliably feeds any gun even though other hollowpoints have more impressive expansion.

I very much appreciate how much thought you've put into your EDC and gear though, very neat set up in general.

It being a cool crowd in here today has really made posting a nice way to pass the time.

 

[Polock]

isnt technically a real phenomena

I mean it kinda is, but you need to be hitting someone with something going really fucking fast (>2500fps) and you have to hit them in the right spot and so on and its still not even the primary reason why they're dying anyway.

Its not a practical consideration for home defense.

 

[Local Hooker]

230gr HSTs are what I use in my Dan Wesson Specialist for carry. For my Staccato P I load either Hornaday Critical Duty 135gr FlexLock +Ps for most of the year, and Underwood 90gr +P Xtreme Defenders for cold weather when heavy coats start getting worn since they don't have a hollowpoint to get gummed up and fail to expand, but still provide similar hydrostatic shock performance as a hollowpoint.

If you trust the Lehigh defense bullets to work well, why change to hollow points in the summer? Conversely, if you don't trust the flexlock to perform well through thick clothing, why use them? After all, you don't get to choose if an assailant is wearing a jacket in July to disguise their identity.

 

[WhoBusTank69]

After all, you don't get to choose if an assailant is wearing a jacket in July to disguise their identity.

In most places, someone wearing a jacket in July is probably going to die of heat exhaustion before you can draw on them.