Originally Posted by
barnetmill
I am most unlikely to be going anywhere. I have food and shelter and to be wandering highways or even worst going into woods that are not mine and that will be full of some either very foolish or most unfortunate people sounds like suicide. Also the locals will likely shoot you too and what ever game is present will disappear quickly.
Now I did mention: 9x19, 5.56x45, 7.62x39 & 54 and also 7.62 nato. Of these only 9x19 can function properly with cast bullets. 5.56x45 M193 ammo fully loaded is over 3000 ft/sec. Semiautos in the others might function with cast, but jacketed ammo getting full power and keeping the gas systems going is the better choice.
For the 9x19 I use jacketed hollow points from companies that know how to make expanding bullets. Questionable if I can that from cast bullets. Now if I have no ammo, but did have components I would use cast bullet ammo for self defense if that was all that I had.
If you have to carry ammo, it might be .22 LR, .22 mag, or 30 US car, 9mm and nothing heavier.