Just so you know, in the event the one in 100,000 event ever does happen in my home, I could care less about over penetration.  I am thinking about overall devastation first, second, third.....

Pat

You mean like an XTP 200gr? It takes a good bit of speed to really get it to expand well. The sweet spot looks like about 1250-1300 FPS 

It maybe for an apartment dwellers, where pass through of the bullet could possibly escape sheetrock walls and possibly hit the people next door.  However in such a confined location, using faster expanding bullets at less energy or a lesser caliber is more appropriate.  I suppose the same could be said for open public altercations.  However in such a panicked state a total miss is more likely! 

You can never be too careful with any weapon.
I am impressed by the guards he built into the slingshot to protect his hands and fingers. But you can never be too careful with a weapon as you will see.  Watch till the end...

http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=24113d89dfd8

Ewwww 

Man, those head wounds bleed somethin' awful!

Quote from: LeMat on October 27 2013 10:37:57 AM MDT
Man, those head wounds bleed somethin' awful!

They sure do!

All depends on surrounding environment/dwelling.

I can see the argument for the need for lots of penetration, if the objective is to maximize the chances of a one-shot immediate incapacitation ... in the absence of a head shot, that means the bullet has to reach the spinal column, which is very near the back surface of a human.  And the bullet doesn't just have to penetrate almost the entire torso, it has to still have plenty of energy remaining when it reaches the spine, if it's going to be able to break through the bone.  What that says to me is that any bullet which doesn't hit any bone will necessarily then be a "through-and-through", with only a fraction of the bullet energy being expended in the target.  I think that's just the price that must be paid to get a one-shot immediate incapacitation.