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9mm - 147gr Ranger
.40 - 180gr Ranger .45 - 230gr Ranger barrel length doesnt matter but I rarely carry anything with a barrel shorter than 4" |
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115gr Winchester Silvertip. Nothing fancy.
Plus it's effective against werewolves. |
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Quoted: Currently whatever fmj I was shooting last weekend. I think that’s s&b 115 grain View Quote Quoted: 90gr FMJ round nose 380! View Quote Attached File |
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Depends on the flavor of the week
380: Precision One 90 gr XTP 9mm: 147 gr HST 357 Sig: 125 gr bonded Underwood 40: 180 gr Win Ranger 45: Win White Box 230 gt JHP |
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115 gr Hornady American something or other in my Springfield xds 4.0. It has the xtp projectile.
I guess its my funeral but it goes bang every time. ??????? |
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I normally carry either my Glock 43X or 45 loaded with Speer Gold Dot 124gr +P.
Rarely, I will carry my Glock 43 loaded with Speer Gold Dot 115gr, though I need to find some 124gr +P Short Barrel for it. For my J-frame's, I keep some Hornady Critical Defense 110 gr FTX laying around. |
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Ranger bonded, HST, or Gold Dot (9mm 124gr +P). Any of those three and you are fine, doesn't really matter.
*I use all three. |
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Milspec everything. 9mm, 124grn FMJ. Good enough for our military; good enough for everyone.
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Mag in the gun has 50 grain liberty civil defense and spare mag that with me has 124 grain Sig vcrown.
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PDX-1's, HST's or Critical Defense.
I have stuff for 9mm, 40S&W, 10mm, 45acp. |
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G43 or g19 with 147gr HST.
I don’t remember the velocity, somewhere in the mid 900’s I think. I’d have to look at my reloading data book. |
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Federal 9mm HST 147 grain standard velocity out of a Sig P365. I’m pretty boring like that.
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135 gr Critical Defense in my 9mm's (4.7 and 3.6 inch barrels).
230 gr Gold Dots in my .45 (3.5 inch) Nick |
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Quoted: Federal HST 124 grain, standard pressure. 1,100 fps out of a 3.7-inch barrel (Sig P365 XL). Posted a thread about it here. View Quote That. |
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I typically carry standard 124 grain HST. It works adequately in everything regardless of barrel length.
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1911 45 ACP - 230 grain Gold Dot hand loads - 910 FPS or 230 grain Hornady XTP hand loads
9mm primarily in SA Hellcat RDP - 124 grain XTP or Gold Dots hand loads 1,100 FPS + P226 Legion 357 SIG 125 grain Gold Dot hand loads - 1400 fps +/- |
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9mm Cor-Bon 115 gr. +P JHP.
Same type of ammo since 1998. First in a S&W 3913 (1998-2005) Then in Glock 19 Gen 3 (2005-now) Never been part of the "flavor of the month club" with ammo, pistol, holster, etc. |
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PSA Dagger (Gen3 clone) w/124gr HST, 135gr Critical Duty in the reload.
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G42 has handloaded 90gr XTPs moving at 910fps. They have the same POA/POI at 15yds as my handloaded Armscor 95gr FMJ practice ammo which is moving at 860fps, matching S&B 95gr FMJ, the only factory .380 I've ever shot and chrono'd.
G26 and G43 have handloaded 147gr XTPs moving at 850fps. Same load hits 895fps in a G19 and 940fps in a G17. Practice/range load is a 147gr powder coated lead moving at the same velocity and same POA/POI at 15yds. Never carried the G17 but have carried all of the others at one point or another. Figured having defensive loads that mirror the range/match/practice ammo I shoot far more of was a better idea than getting a box of uber-expensive shit that feels differently, doesn't have the same POA/POI, and is used far less frequently due to cost and availability. |
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It seems like me, many of you carry your hand loads for personal protection. I had always read that you never carry hand loads because an overzealous prosecutor could use that to hang you. I really do not care. I prefer the hand loads because I take a lot of time measuring the powder charges and always use new brass. The are absolutely reliable and consistent.
Just wondering what everyone thinks of hand loads for personal protection. |
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Quoted: It seems like me, many of you carry your hand loads for personal protection. I had always read that you never carry hand loads because an overzealous prosecutor could use that to hang you. I really do not care. I prefer the hand loads because I take a lot of time measuring the powder charges. The are absolutely reliable and consistent. Just wondering what everyone thinks of hand loads for personal protection. View Quote It's been brought up before, but lawyers on this site who have access to databases where such details would be held have never found a case where a self-defense shooting was deemed justified, but the type of ammo was used against the shooter. ETA: if the ARF lawyers want to verify or update their findings I'd love to know if this is still the case. I load my own as I didn't buy a bunch of SD ammo prior to Sandy Hook and the other ammo scares and I'd rather have a round I can reproduce for training and cycling out carry ammo which is tailored to my guns. Having the XTP loads match the same POA/POI of my FMJ match/practice ammo is a nice benefit as well. |
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Same ammo as I can afford to shoot the most of. I don't like the idea of having ammo that is too expensive for me that I can only have a box or two around at any given time loaded in a couple of mags just in case (even though I do).
So if I can't afford to shoot enough of it to know if it's reliable in my guns and if I can't shoot enough of it to know it's point of aim and point of impact, then I'm not going to use it for carry ammo. |
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For my P365XL Im using Hornady Critical Duty, of course in 9MM.
For my FNX-45, all mags are loaded with Speer Gold Dots. |
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Turned .429 delrin full wadcutters on top of a full case of bullseye in a smith 29.
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