i have found it at ammunitiontogo.com out of texas, I think
Ron, do you use it? If so, do you use it exclusively when carrying or just when you happen to have some?
I am kind of a bullet junky, and bought quite a few boxes of it a few years ago mainly because of the bullet, and I do carry it in several .45's, but i wouldn't say exclusively.
there are a lot of good bullets out there, the barnes line are tweaking me these days as an example.
I have heard the high speed, small diameter argument vs. large bullet, lower velocity for years. And by bias i like big fat bullets. On a unrelated pistol, i did some cast bullets recently for the .45 colt the .270saa grain bullet, but in a hollowpoint. Got up to the magic inch in expansion. I pulled the following off another site referencing some testing done a few years ago. You might like looking at the expansion numbers:
Federal HST 45 ACP � 1.043�/.452� = 2.31 times larger than its original diameter
Federal HST 40 S&W � 0.945�/.40� = 2.36 times larger than its original diameter
Federal HST 9mm � 0.891�/.356� = 2.5 times larger than its original diameter
Bullet Caliber/Weight Penetration Expansion Retained Weight
Federal HST 45 ACP... 230 gr... 12.75�... 1.043�... 100.96%
Winchester SXT 45 ACP... 230 gr... 12.5�... 0.795�... 100.61%
Remington GS 45 ACP... 185 gr... 14.0�... 0.730�... 100.38%
Federal HST 40 S&W...180 gr... 11.5�... 0.945�... 101.78%
Winchester SXT 40 S&W...180 gr... 13.5�...0.658�... 92.67%
Federal HST 9mm...147 gr...11.5�... 0.891�...101.5%
Federal HST 9mm...124 gr...11.75�...0.839�... 101.05%
Winchester SXT 9mm...127 gr...16.0�...0.718�...94.49%
Heavy Clothing
All bullets performed well in Heavy Clothing. Federal HST again demonstrated the
designed expansion characteristics and outperformed all tested rounds for expansion.
Bullet Caliber/Weight Penetration Expansion Retained Weight
Federal HST 45 ACP 230 gr. 14.0� 0.850� 99.65%
Winchester SXT 45 ACP 230 gr. 12.5� 0.773� 101.26%
Remington GS 45 ACP 185 gr. 14.25� 0.704� 102.22%
Federal HST 40 S&W 180 gr. 13.0� 0.788� 101.56%
Winchester SXT 40 S&W 180 gr. 14.0� 0.757� 91.89%
Federal HST 9mm 147 gr. 13.75� 0.689� 102.38%
Federal HST 9mm 124 gr. 12.0� 0.709� 102.26%
Winchester SXT 9mm 127 gr. 13.5� 0.684� 97.48%
I have kidded for years i wanted a round then left a hole you could shove a golf ball through.
the cmbination of penetration and expansion says it all.
I have never had to shoot anybody, close, but no cake. On the other hand i have a number of friends that have. Any pistol/revolver is a imperfect tool, and thus the interest in the bullets.
We have come a LONG way since the 70's when this stuff became important to me.