I have seen a number of people that mention the FBI testing for handgun ammunition. Now I know that manufactures use the testing rules so as to win over law enforcement departments, but how many consumers base their own self defense picks on how a round does in this testing?
I in the past was a person that did base my choices on this, but no longer do. I read what the testing entailed and figured that 1) If I was ever shooting someone behind two layers of plywood I would be using an M1 Garand; 2) I prefer rounds that open up faster and dump their energy faster into the target. The Border patrol does their own studies but does not usally make them easily avaliable to the public. I found some of their studies and looked at how they score things and what they want a bullet to do vs. not too do IE penetrate 20 inches & open slowly. I then did my own testing with bullets that I thought might do what I wanted and made my choices by looking at my results, trying to find avaliable data on round in question, and case studies if avaliable.
I suppose I should also have asked if anyone else does their own testing of personal defense rounds? If some of you do can you list how you test yours (always looking for more good ideals)
I in the past was a person that did base my choices on this, but no longer do. I read what the testing entailed and figured that 1) If I was ever shooting someone behind two layers of plywood I would be using an M1 Garand; 2) I prefer rounds that open up faster and dump their energy faster into the target. The Border patrol does their own studies but does not usally make them easily avaliable to the public. I found some of their studies and looked at how they score things and what they want a bullet to do vs. not too do IE penetrate 20 inches & open slowly. I then did my own testing with bullets that I thought might do what I wanted and made my choices by looking at my results, trying to find avaliable data on round in question, and case studies if avaliable.
I suppose I should also have asked if anyone else does their own testing of personal defense rounds? If some of you do can you list how you test yours (always looking for more good ideals)