If you hit someone in the right place with a .45 ACP bullet, it scarcely matters whether it was a Glaser Safety Slug or a Winchester PDX1 jacketed hollow point.
It's also very unlikely that you'll overpenetrate with a standard JHP load, too. The purpose for Safety Slugs is to provide a cartridge that doesn't ricochet as badly as others.
Safety slugs are designed to fragment rapidly and pose little threat of a ricochet. They generally do not penetrate very well, but create multiple wound channels.
More effective? At What? If I were in an airplane, they'd be my round of choice. Same if I were in a school full of children I was tasked to defend.
In normal circumstances I would prefer the hollow point if those were my only options. They're not though. I generally carry a soft lead semi-wadcutter for a bit more penetration, even through winter garb.
If you can place your rounds accurately, under stress, then all of this is academic. A well placed shot from a .22lr beats a miss with a .45, everyday of the week.
Concern yourself more with your technique, and basic skills. You are the most important factor in a gunfight.
They have a great advantage if you ever have to use them against a bad guy. That advantage is your lawyer will be able to stand before a jury and say, "My client did all possible to not endanger those around him. See, he even bought an ammo called Safety Slugs."
That said I've talked to trauma surgeons who have had to pick them out of soon to be dead people. They say they just could not find all the bleeders.
Hypothetically, if you had to drive through a riot and prevent evildoers from getting into or stopping your car, a fragmented bullet can not be traced to the gun. just sayin'......
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If you hit someone in the right place with a .45 ACP bullet, it scarcely matters whether it was a Glaser Safety Slug or a Winchester PDX1 jacketed hollow point.
It's also very unlikely that you'll overpenetrate with a standard JHP load, too. The purpose for Safety Slugs is to provide a cartridge that doesn't ricochet as badly as others.
Safety slugs are designed to fragment rapidly and pose little threat of a ricochet. They generally do not penetrate very well, but create multiple wound channels.
More effective? At What? If I were in an airplane, they'd be my round of choice. Same if I were in a school full of children I was tasked to defend.
In normal circumstances I would prefer the hollow point if those were my only options. They're not though. I generally carry a soft lead semi-wadcutter for a bit more penetration, even through winter garb.
If you can place your rounds accurately, under stress, then all of this is academic. A well placed shot from a .22lr beats a miss with a .45, everyday of the week.
Concern yourself more with your technique, and basic skills. You are the most important factor in a gunfight.
They have a great advantage if you ever have to use them against a bad guy. That advantage is your lawyer will be able to stand before a jury and say, "My client did all possible to not endanger those around him. See, he even bought an ammo called Safety Slugs."
That said I've talked to trauma surgeons who have had to pick them out of soon to be dead people. They say they just could not find all the bleeders.
Hypothetically, if you had to drive through a riot and prevent evildoers from getting into or stopping your car, a fragmented bullet can not be traced to the gun. just sayin'......
safety slugs? you mean frangibles?....just hope your attacker isnt wearing a heavy leather jacket..