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What do guys carry in your gun for self defense?

I personally like the Speer Gold Dot ammo. From both my personal experience and the tests that I have seen it fits the bill.

I have always used Federal HydraShock, 124 grain. Never had to actually USE any, but it feeds reliably, and is accurate in my 9MM CZ.

Just bought a box of that in 135g

Federal HST, Speer Gold Dot or Winchester RangerT are excellent choices,

How are Winchester superX HP?

Federal HST or Speer Gold Dot 124gr +P is good stuff and is fairly easy to find around here - use in the H&K P30LS and the Glock G34. I use std velocity in the Sig 938 and Browning Hi-power.

I think I also have a box or two of Speer +P+, but would probably load them only in the Glock.

CorBon 115...depending on the barrel length it runs 1300-1350 fps with a Sierra JHP bullet.

Bob

Standard velocity 124 grain Gold Dots.

Hornady Critical Duty in my Glock 19 and M&P, Gold Dot in my Kahr

Critical Duty is excellent ammo IMHO.

I haven't tried any other brands, and never shot anything with it, but I have 135gr Hornady Critical Duty on my PX4.

I've been carrying Corbon DPX 115gr +P for the past year or so in my Glock 17 and 26 but also have a good supply of Speer Gold Dot 124gr +p and Federal BPLE 115gr +P+, all 3 are good to go imo

Speer Gold Dot in all my carry guns,9,40,45,38sp
It feeds and is accurate in my Glocks, BHP and 1911s...

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Corbon 115gr JHP +P+ and Speer Gold Dot 124gr JHP +P

Winchester 147gr SXT. One of the most accurate rounds I have tried and expands great.

I think ammo selection was far more important with the 9mm in the 1990's, especially anything over 124 grs if you wanted consistent performance. All of the current lines such as the Ranger, HST, gold dot etc will preform to pretty much the same levels of expansion and penetration.

I prefer the 124+p flavors, I like the extra energy offered for reliable operation under all circumstance. Im now in cold weather which means gloves and bulky jackets, the extra slide velocity can help if something is brushing against it and robbing energy.

147gr black talon's for my wife 9mm. I figure someone tries anything with her one shot to the stomach will end their day pretty quick.

When I carry a 9mm, which is not very frequently, it's 124 gr Federal HST's.

MM

Depending on the pistol, 147gr WW SXT, Black Hills 124gr standard velocity, and Black Hill 115gr standard or +P. It all depends on accuracy of any given load in any given pistol and whether or not it shoots to the sights.

Gold Dot

Winchester Ranger T Series 127 gr. +P+, or Speer Gold Dot 124 gr. +P!

Winchester PDX

Gold dot.

115g Gold Dot in mine.

Ok guys educate me, this gold dot, its factory fodder or ya have to handload it?

Factory

Generally speaking, it's hard to go wrong with any of these:

Fed HST, Ranger T, Gold Dot, and Win PDX1 (which is actually just the repackaged FBI duty load). In general, I've found the PDX1 to be loaded just a tad hotter than the others. I would find which one your gun likes and stick with it.

A couple of newer options include Hornady Critical Duty and Barnes TAC-XPD, but I haven't heard much about real world results with these yet.

I have standard velocity 124 grain Federal HST in my BHP and 3913.

Ernie

Some of both.

It's Speer Gold Dot. Actually owned by ATK, who also owns Federal Premium brand.

Thanks guys gonna see if I can find some gold dot

Here's some,

http://www.underwoodammo.com/9mmlugerp124graingolddotjackethollowpointboxof50-2.aspx

There are 4 different factory loads that I really like in the 9mm Isle.

In no particular order:

Speer 124 grain Plus P Gold Dot

Winchester 127 grain plus P plus

Hornady 135 grain Critical Duty Plus P

Winchester HST 147 grain plus P HST

I don't think you can go wrong with any of these loads.

Handloads that mirror the 115 gr Cor-Bon DPX.

Gunner