Interesting reading from the FBI on handguns
The FBI ballistics lab personnel are top notch
by Miles 
, CIVITATES AMERICAE, Thursday, September 25, 2014, 19:31 (3717 days ago) @ mcassill
and their testing protocols are exacting.
Specify your ballistic parameters, and they will tell you which ammo meets it.
The FBI ballistics lab personnel are top notch
by Sarge 
, Central Misery, Friday, September 26, 2014, 17:20 (3716 days ago) @ Miles
The lab is top notch.
The organization has a long and storied history of hammering out ballistic 'studies' that favor whatever gun and.or cartridge they have decided to adopt.
for themselves, of course
by Miles , CIVITATES AMERICAE, Saturday, September 27, 2014, 22:51 (3715 days ago) @ Sarge
that's politics. That'll never change as long as bureaucrats and politicians are in business.
I'm only familiar with the sterling work done for a certain unit when a new pistol projectile was being researched.