OK, great article at The Survival Blog about terminal ballistics. In a sentence, it’s the right bullet, of appropriate caliber, delivered accurately, that wins the day. For the soldier or Marine, the choice is simple– we get FMJ ball ammo, period. However, I suggest you read and pay close attention.
The great Jeff Cooper made many of this article’s points throught his writings. The performance of the Barnes X-Bullet is extolled repeatedly by Farnam as a fight-stopper and game-killer. And if you’ve read the classic book about Operation Gunnerside, you will remember that one of the Norwegians was repeatedly vexed by the performance of military rounds on reindeer.
Yes, this has to do primarily with game, but as one of my old Gunsite instructors was fond of pointing out, “No matter what you’re doing [hunting, combat, whatever], the shooting problem is the same.” The well-organized citizen’s armory has a variety of ammo, with good hunting rounds stocked in quantity. One never knows what one will have to do, and a wider understanding of small arms is always a good thing.
I love survival blog, but enough with the center-alignment already!