Monthly Archives: March 2014
WHY WE USE EXPANDING BULLETS, PART IV: FASTER “STOPS”
The reason police unions and police firearms training units fought so hard for hollow point bullets back in the day was that they wanted...
WHY WE USE EXPANDING BULLETS PART III: REDUCED RICOCHET POTENTIAL
They don’t call cities “concrete canyons” for nothing. Many shootings have taken place at banks and courthouses. Did you ever notice that the architects...
WHY WE USE EXPANDING BULLETS FOR SELF-DEFENSE PART II: THE OVER-PENETRATION...
Let’s return to the things which justify our choice of hollow-point bullets. A major factor – the one that convinced police chiefs in even...
WE PAUSE FOR A BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT
I’m going to interrupt the series on hollow point ammunition for a time-sensitive announcement. My friend Rob Pincus is running for the NRA Board...
WHY WE USE EXPANDING BULLETS FOR SELF-DEFENSE
PART I
This past Monday I was at a state bar association headquarters, leading a panel discussion they were filming on gun modifications and gun-and-ammo...