Freedom Munitions .38 Special X-DEF Gel Demo

The snub-nose revolver, a classic American personal-defense handgun choice or backup gun, Of course, in some law enforcement roles, historically, that's where I have the most Experience carrying Smith & Wesson J-frames primarily, whether you carry the Model 85. Taurus, something from Colt, something from Ruger. For these J-frames from Smith & Wesson that I prefer, there is no denying 38 Special is A viable defensive round, and this is a viable defensive package. Especially something like this—very small, very compact, Very light, shrouded hammer. It's not going to get hung up on anything.

Can't be disabled in an extreme close-quarters situation. And a lot of people, while this may not be the most capable option for personal defense, Will choose to carry one of these. And now our friends at Freedom Munitions are offering a 158-grain bonded hollow point. Their XDE line. Of course, the XDE line comes in 50-round Packages.

It's very reasonably priced, high quality. Defensive round— we've tested many here at Personal Defense Network, and now we're going To put this one into a 16-inch, 10% clear ballistics gel block. Of course, through clothing we've got two layers of light clothing, and I'm about 12 to 15 ft away, which is where we do these tests. So I'll put that extra round in my pocket, Get my eye protection on, and let's see what this round does. I'm gonna go ahead and spin this.

Cart round that we're using for the demo to let you see what this looks like from this angle side because I did put the round a bit closer to this side through the clothing and As you can see, that 158-grain bonded hollow point from Freedom Munitions did Exactly what we're looking for: massive expansion right here in probably 5 to 7 Inches. Let's get this. Tape measure out, and take a look. We'll be upside down, But that's OK. We get it right here.

You will see. That actually starts about 3.5 inches and then goes to about 7.5 inches, where we have The maximum expansion is at least triple the size of the initial bullet entry wound. Opening up in the middle of that sweet zone Doing maximum damage to the bad guy who might Be trying to hurt you or your family. That's exactly what we're looking for from a Hollow-point round. 158-grain bonded hollow point.

This is industry standard. But the way XTE rounds are designed, and at the price they're offered, Really hard to beat. If you're looking for something good to put Into a .38 Special round, you’ll also see that this. The round did not penetrate the full 16 inches of gel, and that's really not something we're Looking for what it comes to a personal defense round. We want all that energy deposited in the bad guy, and we see the round stopped at about 13, 13.5 inches.

So we got maximum damage inside the core of the body, right where the good stuff is, And the round did not overpenetrate. We also don't see any flaking, no, we don't see. Any bits of lead; we don't see any bits of jacket anywhere in that trail because the Bonded hollow-point retains 100% weight, and that's what gives us such good linear track. Through the body. So, while .38 Special may not be the most popular Type of defensive carry gun anymore, it certainly was at one time.

And there are still people who carry them around or stage them for home defense. The XTE from Freedom Munitions is obviously a really good choice for personal defense Defense round in .38 Special.