Posted: 2/18/2004 2:28:27 PM EDT
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Just wondering what other people think. Should you go with light and fast or heavy and slower. This would be for a self defense round. Thanks! |
www.doubletapammo.com/ owns you. Read it. Enjoy it. Shoot it.  James. |
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Data shows that the 155-165 weights at around 1400-1500 fps offer excellent expansion and energy transfer with adequate penetration (14"-18"). The heavier loads tend to retain more momentum and keep traveling after 18" of ballistic gelatin. Where the light (135) loads tend to exhibit a large, but very shallow (12" or less) wound channel. Further, data suggests that currently the best performing bullet types are Speer's Gold Dot, Winchester's Ranger and Federal's Tactical. However, I do not know of anyone loading the Tactical or the Ranger bullets in 10mm, and certainly not to any appreciable velocity. If I kept track of who had the data, I could point you there, but I don't. However, spending a day searching ballistics forums should lend you all the answers you're looking for. Jonathan |