A friend gathers stale watermelons from a major local grocery chain, so, I have this unlimited supply and I like to use them as one of several mediums for testing various bullets. Too, I use some ballistic gelatin and have access to a water tank that is 12' deep that allows some comparisons.
Speer Gold Dot 124 gr is hard to beat in these tests, except, for the aforementioned DPX which is absolutely amazing. Damage to watermelons with DPX is far more while wound channels in gelatin are impressive, along with penetration.
Its probably academic at best, afterall, if the shooter is accurate most PD ammo will do an exceptional job in 9mm IMO. However, I can state for the record that if you are hunting watermelon, the DPX should be your round of choice. Despite the price. It is now what I carry in my 9mm.
