Monday, March 21, 2016

I Love the Smell of Snake Oil in the Morning

Lehigh Defense's "Xtreme Defense Ammunition", machined from bar stock. They claim a permanent wound cavity 100% larger than other ammo.

Right. Since good .45 bullets will expand to .75",* it's a pretty bold claim that a solid, non-expanding slug will do better.

The "permanent wound cavity" stuff may look nice in a video, but when the bad guys are composed of ballistics gelatin, get back to me. Until then, I will hold with the opinion that handgun bullets work by cutting blood vessels and/or smashing bone and nerves. A bullet that expands is going to do better at that than a bullet that doesn't.
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* So will .40s. Just sayin'.

1 comment:

  1. Thank you. I haven't kept up on this stuff for many years. I take it kindly that you have. As a .45 owner it is nice to know those Remingtons I liked still rated highly.
    w3ski

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