65BR,

I shoot nothing for self-defense in my Sig-Sauer P225/P6 except 115 Grain HORNADY CRITICAL DEFENSE JHP, as I've found nothing that shoots as well in my P225/P6.
(I've probably tried at least 2 dozen other sorts of 9x19mm factory ammo & none of them are superior to what I'm using, in this particular handgun.)

Otoh, I once had a 9mm Colt's Government Model that shot nothing as well as high-velocity 147 grain JHP. = My GUESS is that virtually every handgun has a "favorite" load, IF the owner had time & money to test the many available loads. - MOST shooters find "an acceptable load" that shoots "decently" & thereafter sticks with that load.
(The only reason that I found "an optimal load" for my EDC handgun is that I once was "a range rat" at a regional police academy & many students left behind many small numbers of many different sorts of factory 9mm ammo, which we staff-members were allowed to expend on the range for practice.)

yours, tex

Last edited by satx78247; 05/18/19. Reason: clarity

"VICTORY OR DEATH"

William Barrett Travis, Lt.Col., comdt.
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F'by 24, 1836