UMFarArcher
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If you're blindfiring 230 gr. FMJ through an interior wall, I'm hoping you live alone, man. That's a lot of penetration for home.
230 gr. FMJ fired from a .45 at about 850 FPS will get through 30 inches of ballistic gel. More than enough kinetic energy to go through two average sized men and still inflict injury on a third.
I'm not a fan of blindfiring in a usual home defense situation, but a potential option (if you want more penetration than JHP) to consider would be a semi-wadcutter. Buffalo Bore makes a .45 225 gr. that they advertise as a defense round. Should get about 18" of penetration. And even 200 gr. SWC has enough kinetic energy to travel through a car door and still be lethal.
Just my $.02.
When those Texas boys went after Bonnie and Clyde - they could choose any pistol they wanted - and while they did like the 1911's, they didn't pick the .45ACP because from other shootouts with them, the .45ACP's didn't penetrate the cars very well.
But they noted the .38Super's did.
Against a man, especially a fat man - if you don't have a .41 or .44 magnum - a FMJ .45ACP works.
Penetration of sheetrock can be somewhat neutralized by hitting the SOB you're firing at.