Homemade Hollow Points

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Personal defense rounds are difficult to find or expensive to buy. Out of curiosity, I made a few of my own and determined that this is the simplest way to create your own hollow points that are reliable and economical. I created my own hollow points from several different cast boolit styles. I tested three different bullet designs with positive results. 124gr 102gr 95gr bullet molds all were effective and easy to modify to make into a an expanding hollow point. The DIY 95 gr round is my favorite, because it works in 380 and 9mm, plus it can be loaded with a wide variety of powders without concern for extreme pressures. It is almost impossible to make a catastrophic round with this design.

This method creates rounds that fragment violently upon impact of a fluid or soft material. The fully expanded size of the stretched round is 1.1 inches! I have no idea how far the fragments would go in a confined media like gelatin. Since I do not have the ability to test this on ballistics gelatin or meat targets due to cost, I tested it on fruit and water to show some of its capability and limitations.

The homemade DIY 9mm round inflicts a relatively large wounding cavity once it contacts its target. This explosiveness most certainly compromises its penetration capability and it would most likely would not penetrate the FBI's 12 inches in a professional organic gelatin penetration test. However, the appropriate effect mechanism that stops criminals is in constant debate. A round like this, if it hits a muscle zone, would dissolve at least a softball sized amount of tissue at the impact location and then would continue to cause damage farther into the target a lesser degree.

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