T o heir, most of what you said made a whole lot of sense to me, but Those in my possession probably could not have expanded efficiently in tissues at 9 mm velocities. They are just too heavily constructed. But, thanks for the answer.
Making a longer, heavier bullet even longer by adding a cavity in the front reduces powder capacity at every step if your oal is kept equivalent to lighter, solid point bullets. Btw, trust me, I can do math.
Okay, hollow point pistol rounds have better accuracy, higher weight can be juiced up to higher regulation power, and are used in competing? Okay, I'll buy that I guess, but it brings to question, why would they be sold in baggies of fifty? A specialist product that doesn't really serve any other purpose, can be replaced by solid plated bullets, and for the most part, seems unnecessary for the average person who goes out and fires at paper. It strikes me as an overall weird thing.
I may have bought them thirty years ago to work up effective loads. They may have been given to me. At that time the 147 was suggested. There was also a large bag of 124 php of identical design that I loaded up over the last few days, maybe 300?
I've tended to use 124 grain bullets. I prefer the slightly more powerful recoil. The last month or so I have eliminated a bunch of stored junk. Short lots, things I just don't want. A few pounds of lead and brass went into scrap and I loaded about 2,000 rounds to use up other boxes and lots.regarding scrapping some of it, to me, setting up a new round just to use up a small amount of a component just isn't worth the trouble.
Accuracy, power factor, and regulation loads for competition. That makes sense.