Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Would you ever load hardball for defense?

I have a little auto that jams with HP ammo so I shoot round nose out of it .

I load hard ball in my 9x18 CZ 82 that my wife prefers as her pistol. It out shot everything else at her concealed carry class. She’d probably kick my azz in a match if she used the CZ. The hard ball is the best way to assure good penetration with the 9x18.

Get a new gun.

Hey Vince, have you tried the Hornady XTP's? They have a longer profile nose than say, some of the gold dots. The Gold dots wouldn't feed reliably through an Officer's model 1911 that I have, but the XTP's feed fine.