I have seen a lot of answers, that are telling that it has more damage area and it fits in auto loaders better. I accept the second one, but not the first. Imagine a 9mm hits a vest and… nothing, probably a couple of broken bones, even though it has a larger damage area. Then the person takes their gun and shoots you. Your shots were probably useless. But if that 9mm was pointy it would, depending on the vest, penetrate it and hit the person, severely damaging the person. You’re now safe. That’s my scenario. So why are low caliber bullets not pointy?
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The short and simplified answer is that at low muzzle speeds you have to make up for the lack of momentum with size and weight to maintain decent stopping power. A slow pointy bullet won’t do that much more penetration and with small handguns the assumption is that you’re shooting at unarmored targets and you want to do a decent amount of damage. A chode bullet that breaks apart inside the target does more damage than a small dart which might just pass through.
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