Sx help: Name that pistol!

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Re: Sx help: Name that pistol!

 

I think we've all been assuming that this character is using standard ammo' date=' and ignoring alternative loads. [i']Dark Champions[/i] lists frangible ammo as adding 2 DC, and comments that many police departments use it because it is less likely to overpenetrate and hit a bystander.

The use of frangible ammo is mostly for range use, not duty use. Duty use ammunition is usually limited to FMJ (full metal jacket) or JHP (jacketed hollow-point). FMJ is seeing a lot less use due to over-penetration in many situations. Frangible ammunition has a bad reputation, due to much of its advertising, as creating "horrific" wounds. Just check out some of the "Extreme Shock" and other ammunition advertised by Blackhawk. Also, as zero-point mentioned, its lack of penetration becomes a liability when dealing with vehicles, barriers and otherwise. In essence, its a very poor choice of ammunition for a large variety of situations. The only people I've heard of that even possibly use frangible ammunition on a regular basis are air marshals, and even that is rare as frangible ammunition also has a relatively poor reputation for accuracy, noise, and muzzle flash due to the light-weight, high velocity nature of the rounds. Hollow-points have pretty much been the good all-around standard for a long time and will likely remain so for the foreseen future. At best, it expands to greater than original size and dumps its full energy into a target and stays there. At worst, it stays the same size and still hits the target.

 

The dog has found the tennis ball. Thank You Very Much!

Awesome. Sorry it took as long as it did. =)