Here's some bullet tests I did recently, using various Kahrs and Hornady's flex-tip FTX "Critical Defense" bullets. Thought you all would be interested in seeing these... I've since read that bullet isn't "optimal" for shooting through glass or car doors
, so I'll have to keep that in mind.
For what it is designed for -- reliable expansion -- I think it worked out really well. But now I wish I'd wrapped the first jug with a layer of cotton and denim plus leather, to really prove how the "plugged up" hollow point would still reliably expand.
I used to carry the PM9, but then sold it off to my daughter's boyfriend because he really wanted a "carry 9mm" as a companion gun to his larger Beretta 92 (and that helps keep
her safe). So then I got the l'il P380, which has been 100% reliable since day 1, and is easy to conceal.
Well, they say a picture says a 1,000 words, and I think it's true in this case, so let's see it:
After viewing this pix of the Hornady FTX "Critical Defense" loads fired into water jugs from the 3 different Kahrs noted above -- I now think I'll be selling off the P380 and carrying only the P40 Covert. Seeing that LARGE 40-cal thumper on the right sure makes me want to say:
"What's in your holster?" (A take-off on that credit card commercial...) While the Covert won't be that much harder to conceal than the 380, it sure makes a BIG difference on the receiving end!!!
By the way... If you shoot while standing too close to the water jugs, you
will get wet! (Ask me how I know...)
Tight groups!
Old No7
