--British veteran of the Ukraine War, discussing the FN SCAR H.It's f*****g great, putting holes in people, all the time, and it just puts 'em down mate, they drop like sacks of s**t when they go down with this.
I'm going with the Underwood 68 gr. They shoot fine from my P30SK and I dig the velocity.
When I prove them out in my CX4 9mm its getting them, too.
They are a low-flash, quality load, offer good penetration without the over penetration risk / waste like fmj, can't be clogged by clothing, cut tissue better than a round bullet, shoot a typical POI from my pistol, are lighter to carry, might hurt a BG more should he have armor, and are less deadly far down range.
For carried spare magazine (s) I lean toward standard weight projectiles for better performance through barriers / cover.
I got curious and did a quick google search on the subject. Found a few discussions on the topic, but little actual info. Several people repeat the same claims of failures in real-world shootings, but offer no details or info. Closest to anything useful I found was a test of "new" 147gr HST by TNoutdoors9, which showed slightly reduced expansion. According to him, the change was several years ago.
--British veteran of the Ukraine War, discussing the FN SCAR H.It's f*****g great, putting holes in people, all the time, and it just puts 'em down mate, they drop like sacks of s**t when they go down with this.
The design definitely changed and you can find pictures showing the difference. It's been a while since I have read anything about it, but IIRC anything in the new box shown in the video is the new bullet. You can verify new or old load by pulling a bullet. New bullet 2 cannelure, and the old bullet has 1.
I have no info on real world shootings, but the design has definitely changed. Increased barrier penetration at the cost of a little expansion. Pistol forums has a short thread about it. You can also find info scattered among the interwebs.
Last edited by jstone; 04-22-22 at 01:18.
Does anyone know why this ammo was discontinued, or where to get any? It's 150 gr HST "micro" 9mm, it's designed for short barrels. Also I'm interested in the 38 spc HST micro, it's discontinued also. I have some Buffalo Bore 158 gr 38 spc +p LSWCHP 1000 fps, but I think the recoil would be a bit much for an airweight J frame.
I run garden variety 124 HST +P in couple 3” P365s and couple Staccato carry guns.
“Heavy Clothing” gel test with the 3” barrels was 14”+ penetration, 1140 FPS Velocity and around .6” expansion.
As you’d expect, the 4” barrels yielded higher velocity/better expansion, but around 3/4” less penetration.
Accuracy was 1 3/4” @ 25 yds (benched) with P365s (relatively shit triggers) and closer to 1 1/4” with Staccato’s.
5 rd. groups.
I can live with that.
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