VERN HUMPHREY wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

RJT> VH> In general, the mid-range light bullets are best in the 9mm/.38
RJT> VH> cartridges, somewhere around 115 to 125 grains -- although there
RJT> VH> are those who SAY (with what evidence, I don't know) that in .38
RJT> VH> Special snubbies, the "FBI load" (158 grain lead
hollowpoint) is
RJT> VH> best.

RJT>I don't see any easy way for me to test this out,  except by maybe
RJT>brewing batch of gel and having at it with different loads.  A bit 
RJT>more ambitious than I think I wanna get at this point in time.  :-)

VH> The most common test is in actual shootings.  While I don't have a
VH> lot of faith in Marshall and Sanow, most police departments use the
VH> lighter bullets, and many that went to the heavier bullets have
VH> switched back. That ought to tell us something.

Good info,  I'll have to take that into account when I go shopping for ammo
next time around...

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