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Question of the Day: Do You Worry About Over-Penetration?

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Feel free to add snickering snarkasm below. When you’re done with that, riddle me this: are you concerned about ammo over-penetration during a self-defense scenario? Given the 5.56 round’s performance, I’ve always considered my AR-15 an “outside toy” and relied on my Benelli M2 (loaded with Winchester PDX1-12) for home defense duty—even though I can’t imagine that 1 oz. slug would be inordinately detained by drywall. More generally, are you worried about hitting an innocent downrange when you’re facing a lethal threat at bad breath distances? To the point where you load frangible ammo in your AR or carry hollow-points in your handgun? If not, why not?

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