You got a source on this? Yes, Winchester was awarded a contract but nowhere do they tout it as the Train and Defend line.
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A balance between expansion and penetration is optimal (duh!). I do believe the HST's penetrate adequately and expand very well. By adequate I mean at least 16", which they do (well the 9mm 147gr +P's I like do anyway). Expansion, from things I've read, should be at least 1.5x bullet diameter. For the aforementioned 147gr +P HST's they usually average around .60 caliber expansion in denim-covered gel, which slightly exceeds the 1.5x minimum. So win-win in my book!
I saw it in these articles for whatever it's worth. No official source though.
https://loadoutroom.com/thearmsguide...duty-training/
https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2018/01/06/fbi-selects-winchester-ammo-duty-training-purposes/
There are numerous off the shelf loads that meet these performance standards, such as HST, Gold Dot, Ranger Bonded, Ranger T, Winchester Defend. Ranger T 147 penetrates consistently around the 16” mark. The idea that there is a penetration capability gap that needs to be filled is simply false.
Hornady +P offerings do OK if you like lots of penetration.
I haven’t seen any independent tests of this new round yet. Only regurgitated press releases. This new round will appeal to those that are succeptible to marketing, while data-centric types will gravitate to the aforementioned loads, which already are proven to do exactly what Hydra-shok Deep claims to do. Unless of course, independent testing shows it to be better than whats already out there, or at least equal with a competitive price.
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I'm today's barrier rich environment, hollow points aren't penetrating what they do in bare gel or gel with 4 layers of denim or heavy clothing.
Check out this video. Watch how the HST fragmented when going through slightly frozen meat. It could be a fluke though since only 1 round was tested. Depending on the barrier, some hollow points don't penetrate enough.
https://youtu.be/1UA6GniHrO0
I'd like to give this stuff a try but haven't seen any for sale yet. There's a shop not too far down the road that stocks a pretty good supply of self defense ammo. I've been checking with them regularly. As soon as they get some in I'll get a box to try.
In the meantime:
https://youtu.be/XcJJaga_nYw
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Oh imagine that a bullet that wasn't designed to be shot through 4 2x4's, a slap of "slightly frozen meat" into ballistic gel doesn't penetrate "enough".
This is an absurd test.
What are you gonna do with that Underwood round when you don't have to shoot through an entire Home Depot and the round zings through 2 people behind the target? Sometimes there is such a thing as too much penetration.
It was just through the meat. He didn't shoot through 4 2x4's. Those are brackets to hold other barriers in other tests.
Other barriers are much harder than that. Also, overpenetration is a myth. Nobody worried about overpenetration before hollow points were invented and nobody now worries about overpenetration when using a shotgun or rifle. You are supposed to know what beyond your target because even if using a hollow point, a miss which is very common is an overpenetrator.