A guy can spend a lot of time watching YT videos of short barrel 9mm performance. Personally, I think bullet performance is not the most important variable.

I settled on 124gr Speer Gold Dot because it was a decent price and did reasonably well over a range of velocity that my little pocket 9mm can achieve (measured with my chronograph). Is it the best bullet? Who the bad-word cares! There are more important thinks to worry about.