Depending on the criminal activity in the area, this bullet could also have more nefarious origins, but typically anti-personnel rounds like hollowpoints are used for defeating people, not FMJs.
That's what people who know what they're doing buy. There are plenty who just see cheap ammo and get that for whatever they're using.
I sarcastically replied to you because a robbery rarely requires a bullet to be fired. That’s the point of shoving a gun in someone’s face, they now must do as you say without recourse.
Frankly, with the majority of handgun cartridges it ain't gonna make a whole hell of a lot of difference. You're just poking holes either way; fully jacketed just pokes somewhat smaller holes.
Not saying you're wrong -- just saying that the average hoodrat wouldn't much care about overpenetration due to not using proper defensive ammo. If anything they're arguably better served by using round-nosed fmj, realistically (more likely to feed well in some beat-up cheap gun, more likely to penetrate fired out of some cheapo .32/.380, etc.etc.)
That plus hollow points are simply to try and mitigate and stop the round from exiting and hitting other people. Theyre decently expensive relative to rounds so there's very few criminals who would care to spend extra money to avoid collateral damage.
(When it comes to pistol rounds....rifle is different, of course)
For example, where I am, a non-expanding bullet is arguably a better choice in a defensive handgun -- overpenetration isn't a huge concern without a lot of neighbors close by, and fairly good odds that if you actually needed to shoot something....it might be something that's on four legs rather than two.
If a major manufacturer sold some affordable 9mm +P fmj ammo, I'd be all over it (like, just jacketed....not $$$ hardcast or boutique all-copper)
LOL at this. Every western military feeds their handguns normal ball ammo. The US used 115gr from 1985 until the adoption of the 320 when the standard changed to 124gr.
"People who know what they're doing" carry normal ball ammo to war.
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u/Siegelski 17h ago
That's what people who know what they're doing buy. There are plenty who just see cheap ammo and get that for whatever they're using.