Podcast 99 Types of Ammo

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Different types of ammo for different things.  Do you know what they are all about.  Here’s a list of different ammo types and what they can do.

Hollow points

  • Hydrostatic Pressure
  • Bigger Hole
  • Doesn’t push tissue out of the way but rips
  • Flying ashtray
  • Black Talons
  • Winchester Silver tips
  • Federal Hydra Shocks
  • Speer Gold Dots
  • Barnes X Bullets
  • RIP Ammo
  • The Good
    • No over penetration
    • More human stop
    • Less shots
    • Less for the docs to clean up
  • The Bad 
    • Don’t always work as advertised
    • Things clog up the hollow point cavity
    • Don’t always feed correctly
    • Expensive

FMJ

  • Full Metal Jacket
  • Standard
  • Less lead fowling
  • Fly truer
  • Cheap

Frangible

  • Designed to break apart on impact
  • Cut ricochetes
  • New ammo for self defense
  • Density
  • Ideas

Semi Jacked

  • Lead sticking out
  • Hunting
  • More penetration
  • More damage to heavy things

Hard Cast

  • Another hunting
  • Practice
  • Super cheap
  • Dirty
  • Different densities different penetration

Tracer

  • Phosferis in the back
  • Ignited by the powder
  • Cool red streak
  • Visible

AP

  • Armor Pearsong
  • Solid steel core
  • Doesn’t deform on impact
  • Cuts through things

AP incendiary

  • Kind of cool
  • Designed to burn armored vehicles
  • Burning stuff in the tip with a small explosive charge
  • Zirconium ignited
  • Tangston core

Newer powerball/Hornady Critical Defense

  • Put stuff in to keep the hollowpoint cavity from filling up
  • Ball in powerd ball
  • Polymer tip in Hornady
  • Help feed in guns

Guard Dog

  • Originally EFMJ Expanding Full Metal Jacket
  • Pre-cut jacket
  • Plastic tip inside
  • Lead core
  • No need for hydronic pressure to expand

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7 Replies to “Podcast 99 Types of Ammo”

  1. So, what is your final word on .45acp self defense ammo? I see that Guard Dog comes in 165 grain, are you ok with that?

    1. I haven’t tested that in .45 Guard Dog at all. In 45 ACP I’m a traditionalist and like 230 grain hollow points at over 900 F/S if possible. Federal Hydra shocks where my go to for years. In my defense 45s I’m carrying a Federal 230 grain something or a Winchester Ranger Talon, now called a Ranger T. With 45 ammo selection is important but not as much as with a 9mm. Also, I’m firing them out of a 4 or 5 inch barrel. I don’t have any small 45s. Out of shorter barrels I’ve seen a ballistics test on the Federal HST and it looked really promising. If I was carrying a short 45 it’s what I’d load it with.

      Just make sure everything functions in your gun first. Then ballistic performance comes second.

      Good luck and enjoy the hunt and shooting.

  2. Hi Ben,
    The Strasbourg tests with the goats were apparently a hoax. I vaguely remember them. I want to say the author was anonymous. I do remember when I took Gunsite 250 not too long after these tests materialized the Gunsite instructors took exception with the tests, putting it mildly! They didn’t simply believe the tests and they gave good reasons why. I don’t know, maybe somehow the Strasbourg tests have gained some credibility since then. They were of mysterious origin at the time – which was also when Marshall & Sanow were writing articles pushing high-velocity, lightweight pistols bullets and it later turned out they were full of B.S. data because some manufacturers were quietly paying them to write articles advocating those bullets. Anyhow, just a ‘heads-up’ on that matter, for what it’s worth.

    1. I don’t think the test was a hoax. I would like to hear more about it. I know that no one in the industry liked the test at the time. It was unconventional and went against most things gun people hold dear. But here is a link to the report from the test I obtained a while ago. It looks lagit. If you have any more info about it please share. I always want to learn.

      Strasbourg Test

  3. Just listened to podcast 99. Very informative. Just wanted to say thanks for putting out the podcasts. Look forward to them every week. Me and my three daughters love to shoot, both for recreation and practice for self protection. Appreciate the resources and information you provide. Thanks, Jim from St. Louis

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