Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Alternating Hollowpoint and FMJ in pistols

It's like the stupid grown-up version of BB-gun wars.

"For reliable feeding I use a Dremel tool and some Cratex tips and polished the feed ramp and entrance to the barrel."

I've done the same thing with a round file. Prolly cost $2.

Yeah, I can get along with sincere felons. But those insincere felons? Get outta heah!

you polishing the feed ramp and barrel entrance is what I meant when I said some pistols have trouble with hollow points flying ashtrays etc. for 35 years I have read about that. I got tagged teamed by a bunch of guys saying their pistols feed anything which I have never heard before.

My CZ’s feed anything.

My S&W 1911 Commander Bobtail feeds anything. My Kimber Ultra Compact 1911 feeds anything
My Dan Wesson 45 and my DW 10 mm have issues with certain bullets.
My Paras feed anything, but they have very short throats so I have to keep that in mind when handloading for them.

I had a Kimber full size that didn’t like semi-wadcutters, sold it.

It seems to be a rate pistol made in the last 35 years that won't feed JHP's. I have an early Delta Elite which has never had a FTF except some which were loaded so light with AAC #2 that they didn't function the slide. First bullets I tried in it were SWC's designed for .38-40, no issues. CZ-85 is 100% also including some 150 gr Keith types I sized to .356. I could go on...

with CNC machining looks like pistols got more reliable with different ammo. some of it is luck also like if 5 guys buy chevy silverados 3 might have zero problems and the other 2 have problems. CZ pistols are great guns I think the best for the money or any money
but what it comes down to is you got more of a chance to get hit by lightning then to have to use a gun to save your life

I have a 4506 dash nuthin that'll feed empties.
That's reliable!

I like185 grain truncated hollow point bullets out of my Glock 21. And at 1760 feet per second they have plenty of speed to make it through any clothing etc.

.460 Rowland... FYI

Truncated hollow point bullets such as the Hornady xtp or the Montana gold equivalent have always had the best possible feed reliability for me.

Think it was shamwow, that brought kellory to the 'fire.

Interesting round I had not heard of before

Yep.

Shaman has some pretty astounding stories. I always thought that if people were shooting at each other they were trying to do some damage but maybe I don't know the fine points of gang culture.

As far as alternating bullet types etc. I'd say that's a waste of time. Currently manufactured handguns from major brands (Glock, S&W, Springfield, CZ etc.) feed hollow points very reliably and current hollow points work very well in most situations. You don't have to spend a lot of money to get a reliable handgun. Any reasonable self defense load should work as long as you can hit what you're aiming at. The ability to get good hits under stress is more difficult and requires practice. That's where I would put my emphasis.

You guys need to talk about something warm and fuzzy. This thread led to RBG's passing I heard.

Carry on,

DD

Roy is dead?

#2 son is a 6'5" Amish/biker type when he's wearing his game face. He went to work at this sheet metal shop shortly after high school. The shop was a combination of black ex-felons and undocumented Guatamalans. He brought #3 in a couple of years later. #2 has the physical presence to scare the pi$$ out of the little bean-eaters, and he had enough chutzpah to at least get parity with the ex-cons. The Guats called him "El Juan Grande" and #3 "Juan Hermanos" . It was one of those eat or be eaten/ show no fear situations. My sons found themselves at the top of the pecking order. They're both gone from there. It was a definite good education for them in the meanwhile. It was certainly an education for me.

In relation to the OP, in the big scheme of things, I don't think bullet choice has a whole lot to do with it, at least not to the granularity where you're alternating fmj and HP. If you put a hole in someone normal, you've just wrecked their day.

A charging Meth head? I'd go look up what folks say about dangerous game hunting and try .416 Rigby for starters. My Israeli paratrooper buddy talked about their Viking Berserker type (a Jewish Swede) that used to get so wound up in battle he'd kill anyone and anything until he could calm down. Him? It took nearly sawing him in half to get him down, and it was physical damage to the leg bones that did it. Body hits did not stop him. Don't think a 9mm is going to be much help.

LOL, no, first mag HP's for two legger meat, three or four spare mags monolithic solids, I like Lehighs, all mono solids while carrying sidearm hunting with long gun.

I've tested that load and it is too soft and doesn't penetrate well st all. I eould nit trust it

Yep the smith gen 3s feed anything. I have had 4 different models in .45 and after decades never had a ftf. Plus with a 4506 you could pistol whip the hulk When your empty.