I'm curious: What do people who know far more than I do think about Federal frangible rounds for home defense?
On first glance, it seems that there would still be some penetration of a target intruder, but certainly some real pain due to the sudden stop of that piece of kinetic energy. That it shouldn't go through more than one wall also has some appeal.
And, should there ever be any attempt at forensic examination of the projectile, "Oops, it's gone!" Of course, the other side of that is "how many people use frangible ammo in the first place?"
I tried a magazine or two of it in each of my HD guns, one of which is my primary EDC gun, and they ran with no issues. The barrels were sparkly afterwards, but that wasn't a thousand round test.
Frangible ammo as home defense round?
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