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Miscellaneous => The Water Cooler -- General Discussions => Topic started by: Jack_F on January 18, 2014, 09:53:16 AM

Title: When does a 380 beat a 9mm
Post by: Jack_F on January 18, 2014, 09:53:16 AM

http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/380-beat-9mm/?j=102806&e=&l=2925_HTML&u=1829630&mid=6194507&jb=0

Title: Re: When does a 380 beat a 9mm
Post by: C0untZer0 on January 18, 2014, 11:16:56 AM

With most 380 ammo you have JHP which fails to penetrate past 10" or FMJ which zips right through 19" of ordnance gel.

I think 380 bullet design is starting to improve the way 9mm bullet design did.  It is possible to get 12+ inches of penetration thru 4 layers of denim from the Hornady XTP with some expansion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOwCXXpEP50

Oddly enough, Hornady's loading of their XTP doesn't do as well as Precision One's loading of the bullet.