Open letter to Sierra, Speer, Hornady, Remington, Winchester...

[gregintenn]

I'm ashamed to say that I dug a little deeper in my junk and found 5-6 boxes of loaded ammunition I forgot I had. :shake:

 

I guess it isn't as urgent as I first thought. :shrug:

[gregintenn]

Dolomite, as it is becoming harder and harder to locate what some consider to be effective self defense loads, could one load softer lead cast bullets and gain any expansion.  Would a softer cast that was coated preclude leading the barrel and still expand on impact?

I have absolutely no practical data to back this, but I've always thought a lead wadcutter bullet would be a quite formidable projectile in a self defense situation. 

[Jamie Jackson]

I have absolutely no practical data to back this, but I've always thought a lead wadcutter bullet would be a quite formidable projectile in a self defense situation. 

 

 

If you have the time and inclination, you may want to look into [url=http://www.amazon.com/Guns-Bullets-And-Gunfights-Modern-Day/dp/0873648773] "Guns, Bullets, and Gunfights: Lessons and Tales from a Modern Day Gunfighter" by Jim Cirillo[/url]. Also maybe look into "Fuzzy Fletcher"  who collaborated with Mr. Cirillo and manufactured "SafeStop Ammo".

 

They made self defense rounds using jacketed wadcutters with a sharp ogive. Cirillo found these to less tendency to deflect and served well to essentially cut in towards, and penetrate into vital organs. There's actually some pretty decent data available.

 

I carry the Safe Stop rounds in my J Frames. I would think powder coated lead rounds would be very worthwhile looking into from a self defense perspective.  :2cents: