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Uly HP fragments and penetrates like mad. Hits like a bomb and shreds stuff like razors, and the base tumbles around further for a bit. That's what someone said about it after they tested it on diff. targets. My HD mag is 30 rounds of Uly should I need it.
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Mine is all 7.62...
If you want HD ammo, HP is excellent because it fragments and really messes stuff up. FMJ is just fine, accurate and 100% reliable, it just doesn't fragment or do as much damage. Both are excellent rounds, its just that the HP is the best for HD.
If you want HD ammo, HP is excellent because it fragments and really messes stuff up. FMJ is just fine, accurate and 100% reliable, it just doesn't fragment or do as much damage. Both are excellent rounds, its just that the HP is the best for HD.
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For anti-personnel rounds, the 123grain hunting soft points made by several manufacturers would be the ticket if they feed in your rifle. These are obviously made to inflict maximum damage in soft tissue with no regard for any humanitarion or military-legal issues. Of course, they're pricey.
I'd rely on tactics, shot placement, and aggression more than my projectile design.
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I'd rely on tactics, shot placement, and aggression more than my projectile design.
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SP is good, but yes it is also very pricey and your AK may not use it. Even worse, if you pull the bolt back and let it slam foreward on a SP round and it won't take it... boom, you just deformed and ruined a good SP round as the lead is too soft to hold up to the force.
FYI Wolf, Barnaul, Silver Bear and other Russian SP is not too good for hunting, it is SP but has a steel jacket which expands less than a copper jacket.
FYI Wolf, Barnaul, Silver Bear and other Russian SP is not too good for hunting, it is SP but has a steel jacket which expands less than a copper jacket.
IMHO the best option would be to load up the mags alternating SP and FMJ. The FMJ has more penetration in case that is called for but the SP will inflict maximum damage. While it wouldnt be as ideal as some of the other SP I would most likely go with the wolf SP just because could coe nearer afording it in bulk. I would also avoid the tracers unless it was just one or 2 mags in case you wanted to say light up a gas can or some such since they have the distinct disadvantage of working both way, as in it ay tell you where you are hitting but also tells the other guy exactly where the shots are comeing from.
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Soft point would be the best due to maximum damage, However in an urban environment where you would be shooting through cars and doors. I would use FMJ, The wound cavity is not that great, But it will punch through a tree, But sometimes you might not want it to punch through a tree. Hollow points are a good medium. I have many hollow points, Just prefer soft points....But I also have some FMJs too. However I do own some incendiaries and tracers.....Which I should probably get more of. But one thing that I think people everlook greatly in SHTF situations is. Food, Thats gonna be the most important use for my firearms. Because if it does hit the fan....I am not gonna be in any cities or neighborhoods, I will be huddled with a select few in a house far from everything with plenty of land if houses become targets we will just move into the woods. Your best friend in a SHTF situation is gonna be knowledge.
Tracers don't light up for about 75 meters. The folks on the other side can't trace them back to your position. Besides you don't load a full magazine with tracers. Just enough to keep you on target in the dark and let you know your are about to run out of ammunition.
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