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unspellable · 10-17-2002, 01:17 PM

I've heard stories of the old soft point and hollow point loads not expanding very well. One wonders how they actually did.

I have some old Winchester 30 Luger hollowpoints. To look at them, the hollow point looks small and the jacket looks tough. Due to their age I am leery of actually firing one. Don't like messing about with corrosive primers either.

In my own experience, 7.65 mm hardballs did a pretty good job at stopping jack rabbits. They are notoriously tougher than cottontails.

Now days, we have bullets that will expand reliably at handgun velocities. Now if only we could get one made specifically for the 7.65 Luger!

10-17-2002, 01:17 PM	#5
unspellable User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 768 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 11 Posts	I've heard stories of the old soft point and hollow point loads not expanding very well. One wonders how they actually did. I have some old Winchester 30 Luger hollowpoints. To look at them, the hollow point looks small and the jacket looks tough. Due to their age I am leery of actually firing one. Don't like messing about with corrosive primers either. In my own experience, 7.65 mm hardballs did a pretty good job at stopping jack rabbits. They are notoriously tougher than cottontails. Now days, we have bullets that will expand reliably at handgun velocities. Now if only we could get one made specifically for the 7.65 Luger!