Poorman's hollow points

[Merc1138]

I don't think your suppose to use that on a live round. You drill the hole into the bullet before you seat it into the case. At least that would seem to be the safe thing to do.

And like everyone else said. Lighter bullet = less pressure.

No... take a look at the image. It's made to use on factory ammo. Now that you mention it, drilling holes into the end of live rounds does seem a little stupid.

Having a HP to stabilize the bullets is something I doubt you'd ever consistently pull off using a drill bit. Not to mention the rough edges around the hole. Also as people have pointed out, you'll end up with lower pressure. Even cutting x's across the top of these still won't give you the performance of a modern factory HP defense round, as they are not just made with a hole in the front of the bullet. There is scoring down the outside, scoring on the inside, jacketing that wraps around inside the tip, powder adjusted to compensate for the difference, and so on.

Also considering this thing seems to only come on .22lr and .30 tokarev(wtf?), compare the minute cost savings of round nose .22lr, and hp .22lr, to the time wasted using this thing.

[m98]

I've been making my own 22 hp's since age 12 with just the good ole black n decker and a small bit. On the performance, I guess its better than just having a solid bullet. In my unofficial bullet testings as a kid, these homebrew hp's had like a 60/40 chance of expansion. Most of em' just deforms and not expand.

[Mr310]

Um, powder loads are tuned to the weight of the bullet. If you drill out lead of some unknown weight, you might be shooting hot loads.

Also, what will the cop and lawyers think of you homemade hollowpoints?

But I guess if you want to hunt sharks, you will need this device!! ( 5 points if you guess this reference!!)

I completely forgot that he did that in Jaws.

[dadoody]

all I have are 45s and 357s.

If all I had was FMJ 45s...I still would not feel under powered...dems sum phat boolits fo da shootahs

[Cali-Shooter]

This could be useful, but Tokarev is not a widespread round like 9mm, .45 ACP, .40 S&W, etc. and most .22 LR are already JHP's, so this is a niche product.

Also, like Merc said, drilling into live rounds has potential for going FUBAR.