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Ive been shooting for some 20+ years and I've NEVER heard of a range disallowing hollow points either.. Not that I dont believe all of you, just that if you say "a lot of them don't allow it", I scratch my head.. Now i've shot TONS of steel at various IDPA/IPSC matches and the backstops of my home range have steel traps instead of rubberized aggregate berms.. I've been hit dozens and dozens of times both indoor and outdoor from bullets splattering.. I have ZERO idea if the stuff was JHP or FMJ roundnose.. Ive been cut, bruised, nicked, scratched, tickled, by richochets.. You shoot at enough steel, you'll get splatter/ricochets.. (definitely a moment to remind everyone to ALWAYS wear your eye protection) also i think the poster meant to say that ricochet's could occur, even with lead or FMJ ammo.. not that you'll magically get a jacket back from a non-jacketed lead/moly round :-)
as for shooting JHPs vs FMJ (round noses or what have you) there's absolutely nothing wrong with it.. the only thing you might experience are feeding issues.. the lead exposed base is also somewhat true.. There's a lot of really hot gas behind that bullet and the heat tends to vaporize a portion of the lead as it pushes the bullet down the barrel.. Typically, JHPs have a covered base where as most FMJ RN projectiles leave it exposed despite the FMJ nomenclature.. the lead exposure is a losing battle.. you can reduce it, but it's hard to remove the lead from shooting sports..
I wouldnt be thrilled about using range/reloaded ammo for home defense though.. Just because it's a hollowpoint does NOT mean that it will work and behave like the premium JHP's... Unless you have nothing else, I would try to use name brand, self defense ammo..
If the price for FMJ and JHP are the same, I would go with JHP almost every time.. Since it's range ammo, you'll have the benefit of shooting both cleaner, and somewhat more accurate ammo.. Honestly though, the splatter issue is somewhat moot.. It rarely ever happens and of all the people I know who shoot competitively at a National level, its not a determining factor at all in the type of ammo they'll use..
as for shooting JHPs vs FMJ (round noses or what have you) there's absolutely nothing wrong with it.. the only thing you might experience are feeding issues.. the lead exposed base is also somewhat true.. There's a lot of really hot gas behind that bullet and the heat tends to vaporize a portion of the lead as it pushes the bullet down the barrel.. Typically, JHPs have a covered base where as most FMJ RN projectiles leave it exposed despite the FMJ nomenclature.. the lead exposure is a losing battle.. you can reduce it, but it's hard to remove the lead from shooting sports..
I wouldnt be thrilled about using range/reloaded ammo for home defense though.. Just because it's a hollowpoint does NOT mean that it will work and behave like the premium JHP's... Unless you have nothing else, I would try to use name brand, self defense ammo..
If the price for FMJ and JHP are the same, I would go with JHP almost every time.. Since it's range ammo, you'll have the benefit of shooting both cleaner, and somewhat more accurate ammo.. Honestly though, the splatter issue is somewhat moot.. It rarely ever happens and of all the people I know who shoot competitively at a National level, its not a determining factor at all in the type of ammo they'll use..
Can someone please explain?
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