Yeah, this is what I was thinking of too. I saw this in the latest issue of American Rifleman.The rubbery stuff in hornady's critical defense ammo actually does an even, controlled expansion and is supposed to provide reliable expansion.
Agreed. The first thing that came to mind was Scum Bag Lawyer popping in a copy of Death Wish 3 in front of the jury and showing the scene with Charles Bronson sitting at his kitchen table loading his own ammo. Then, SBG fast forwards (assuming this is a VHS copy) to the scene where Bronson whips out that friggin hand cannon and puts a round into the back of a mugger that robbed him.If you go altering your ammo in any way shape or form you could very well end up convincing a hostile prosecutor that you were trying to make the rounds more lethal, such as if you used reloaded ammunition. Massad Ayoob has gone over things like this in his many writings on the subject, and advises against it for those same reasons. Personally, the rounds I fire in self-defense will be rounds that I bought from a commercial manufacturer, and it wil be ammunition a law enforcement agency would issues it's officers.
I read on one site that the ball is pushed back into the bullet on impact, causing it to expand. Sounds good in theory.I see that some of the manufactures are filling the hollow points with rubber or plastic to help them expand after going through heavy cloth. I was wondering why this would work better than the hollow filling up with cloth? Should I add some epoxy to my bullets or Goop?? Sounds like those should work just as well as the factory's solution.
From an engineering stand point, the company I work for does a lot of custom seals and components made out of urethane (rubber). the interesting thing about it is under pressure it acts like a fluid in that it is somewhat non-compressable. When rubber is compressed it wants to flow outward 90 degrees to the direction load is applied.The rubbery stuff in hornady's critical defense ammo actually does an even, controlled expansion and is supposed to provide reliable expansion.
I have some 45acp rounds with primers embedded in the HP cavity. I've shot them into some materials that I won't mention here. Wow!I see that some of the manufactures are filling the hollow points with rubber or plastic to help them expand after going through heavy cloth. I was wondering why this would work better than the hollow filling up with cloth? Should I add some epoxy to my bullets or Goop?? Sounds like those should work just as well as the factory's solution.
I'm in a meeting now at work reading this on my laptop. I busted out laughing at the thought of a BG bursting like tomato when you shot him.I have some 45acp rounds with primers embedded in the HP cavity. I've shot them into some materials that I won't mention here.