Recall a thread about NYPD hollowpoint ammo failure?

[mugsy]

A few months ago there was a thread, which I cannot now find, discussing an alleged recent failure of NYPD issue hollow-point ammo. I said in that thread that I would ask my friend, a retired NYPD weapons instructor, about the incident. He promised to get back to me and did yesterday.

In summary: additional review shows that there was no failure of the ammunition to mushroom. Instead there were simply a number of clean (or nearly clean - as in passed through light fabric only) misses that account for all of the "failures".
That came via his contacts still working on the NYPD.

If anyone can find the thread I'd rather place this in that thread so that it is connected with all the preceding discussion.

 

[OKNewshawk]

I searched all of the subforums with the term "hollow point" and came up with this. New Article on the FBI 9mm Decision. I think you may have conflated two different threads but I think this may be the thread you were thinking of.

 

[mugsy]

I think you are probably correct.

 

[damnboy]

nice post
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[bigfug]

I've seen threads on it, cant remember if here or another forum, but I heard the same thing, the "failures" were misses.

 

[Decoligny]

I believe you are talking about the incident where a Carhartt Jacket supposedly stopped the NYPD Speer Gold Dot 124 grain JHP.

Don't know about the post, but there are plenty of other websites with info and reports about it.

 

[HiredHand]

Sounds plausible to me. Another reason to aim small.