Originally Posted by exerda
Why don't they use a good hollowpoint load over frangible and FMJ loads? That would mostly negate the "shoot through multiple passengers" danger and would give better one-hit-drop ratios. I don't know how well a decent hollowpoint (Federal's HydraShok comes to mind) does at penetrating things like the plane's fuselage, though.
According to the article, they
do use a good hollowpoint round. The Speer Gold Dot.
Dunno how it (Speer GDHP) works in .357 SIG, but it's my personal choice in 9mm (well, in 9mm I carry the +p variety, which is quite redundant at the .357 native velocity).
I'd be all about "big and slow" rounds (think .45) in that environment, but I've also never considered the ramifications of ammunition versus the airplane in that much detail before this thread (of course, I don't think the upper echelons of the FAMS have either.....).