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Old May 3, 2018, 10:44 AM   #51
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That Interceptor stuff sure seems like snake oil.

The advertisement tosses out some scientific terms like this: the specially designed grooves in the nose harness the soft tissue and constrict, pressurize and eject it at 1.5 to 2 times the directional speed of the bullet. This is the well-known Venturi Effect.

That isn't the Venturi Effect. This is the Venturi Effect: link




I would use a well designed hollow point unless you live in an area that prohibits them. A full wadcutter would be my choice if hollow points were restricted and I would use semiwadcutters as reloads due to the difficulty of loading a full wadcutter from a speed loader in a hurry.
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Old May 3, 2018, 12:47 PM   #52
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"...Wadcutters cut a nice, round hole in whatever they hit..." And expand dramatically or fragment when they hit hard stuff like bones.
The edges of a cast bullet don't do anything but deform. There's no cutting involved except for going through paper. However, when LEO unions were whining about the RN ammo they were ordered to use, eons ago, they claimed, and I think actually tested, lead RN's on car windshields that said cast RN failed to penetrate and proved to literally bounce off.
In any case, the ammo isn't as important as your sis' ability to hit what she shoots at. That means fit to her hand, finding the ammo her revolver shoots best, training and practice.
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Old May 3, 2018, 04:33 PM   #53
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Wad-Smashers from Bilbo Baggins are awesome...lol..
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