06-27-2020, 02:54 AM
A good resource for ammunition for self defense and wound ballistics is Dr. Gary Roberts or docgkr
You can google his name and research.
FMJ is great for barrier penetration, however; it lacks expansion and in a self defense you can't afford to punch through everything with people
in the way/houses/etc.
The military tends to use fmj and I'm pretty sure tier 0 or tier 1 units can use whatever bullet they want.
In the past marines have used ssot rounds that had some expansion.
The fbi and police units tend to use bonded soft points or soft points for rifles. We know of course the fbi standard is 12-18 inches of penetration. Past shootouts like the Miami shootout
and the California bank heist where the malicious people had rifles and body armor caused the fbi and police lots of issues. Hence why they went with a .40sw round later on and now with better technology
they have went back to the 9mm with better hollowpoints. Also, why they started to arm themselves with rifles/more tac gear/etc.
Now based on Doctor Roberts recommendation for rifle bonded soft points are the best compromise for expansion/enough penetration/and barrier blind shooting.
He states if barrier blind isn't a requirement ammo such as amax/edm can be used for the fragmentation effect with enough penetration to meet the 12-18 inches of penetration.
Personally, I think 120 grain gold dot would be a good self defense round for expansion/fbi penetration/and barrier blind shooting.
The 129 grain ablr would work great as well.
If barrier blind is not a requirement by you then sst and edm would make good fragmentation rounds.
I would guess tnt also, however; I'm not sure the penetration for these rounds. Do they meet the fbi standard?
life is random we don't know what situation we will get into.
we see car jackings/mobs/people with guns against you more frequently. It changed my requirements defiantly with how many mags I'll ccw for handgun.
For my requirements for rifle for self defense it has to meet fbi penetration/expansion/with barrier blind options/also double down as a hunting round (bonded soft point).
You can google his name and research.
FMJ is great for barrier penetration, however; it lacks expansion and in a self defense you can't afford to punch through everything with people
in the way/houses/etc.
The military tends to use fmj and I'm pretty sure tier 0 or tier 1 units can use whatever bullet they want.
In the past marines have used ssot rounds that had some expansion.
The fbi and police units tend to use bonded soft points or soft points for rifles. We know of course the fbi standard is 12-18 inches of penetration. Past shootouts like the Miami shootout
and the California bank heist where the malicious people had rifles and body armor caused the fbi and police lots of issues. Hence why they went with a .40sw round later on and now with better technology
they have went back to the 9mm with better hollowpoints. Also, why they started to arm themselves with rifles/more tac gear/etc.
Now based on Doctor Roberts recommendation for rifle bonded soft points are the best compromise for expansion/enough penetration/and barrier blind shooting.
He states if barrier blind isn't a requirement ammo such as amax/edm can be used for the fragmentation effect with enough penetration to meet the 12-18 inches of penetration.
Personally, I think 120 grain gold dot would be a good self defense round for expansion/fbi penetration/and barrier blind shooting.
The 129 grain ablr would work great as well.
If barrier blind is not a requirement by you then sst and edm would make good fragmentation rounds.
I would guess tnt also, however; I'm not sure the penetration for these rounds. Do they meet the fbi standard?
life is random we don't know what situation we will get into.
we see car jackings/mobs/people with guns against you more frequently. It changed my requirements defiantly with how many mags I'll ccw for handgun.
For my requirements for rifle for self defense it has to meet fbi penetration/expansion/with barrier blind options/also double down as a hunting round (bonded soft point).