I load my own for each weapon that I shoot regularly. I like the Hornady bullets for pistols. But I use the Sierra 168 gr bthp for my .308.
I have RCBD's for some of the pistols, and so far they have done well for me.
They work really well in .45 and for a .357 snub.
The difference I see between a 9mm and a .45 is this.
The .45 might not kill, but it's
a heavy shock knock down round. If you want to kill them, you can walk over and shoot them again.
I seem to remember 2 FBI agents in Miami that shot a guy and he went down, so they left cover and started walking towards him. He sat back up and killed them both before he finally died of his wounds. After that, the FBI started using better guns/ammo.
The other drawback with the 9 is over-penetration and that it can still kill bystanders a couple of blocks away.
Were I in charge, I'd have my guys carrying a Thompson .45 semi-auto instead of a Mattel 5.56, but that's just me.... For the Army on a battlefield, the full-auto M-16 5.56 is a fine weapon now days. As with most things, opinions vary with setting and conditions, so each to his own....
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My above comments were going on memory from 35 years ago, but I searched and here is one of the articles on it if you're interested.
The new $194 million field office is named for agents Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove, who were killed in that April 11, 1986, shootout with heavily armed bank robbers south of Miami, in what remains the bureau’s bloodiest single day. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
The scale of the shootout led to the introduction of more effective handguns (and ammo) in the FBI and many police departments around the United States. Listen to Full Rigor here.
On this 36th anniversary of one of the most violent FBI incidents, Ed Mireles, who killed the suspects even though he was shot himself, gives all the glory to t
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