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May 29, 2010, 12:26 AM | #1 |
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9mm personal protection ammo?
whats a good 9mm personal protection round ?
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May 29, 2010, 03:44 AM | #2 |
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9mmNATO carry-protection rounds...
The subject of 9mm or 9x19mm carry/defense rounds comes up often. Many TFL members post their choices.
The top US loads for the 9mm are the Winchester Ranger T 127gr +P+ JHP, the Ranger T 124gr +P JHP(bonded), the Remington Golden Saber 124gr +P JHP(bonded), the Corbon 115gr DPX 9mm, the Speer Gold Dot 124gr +P JHP, the Hornady TAP 9mm. Some members use or endorse the 147gr bullets but I prefer the 124gr wt bullets. You practice or train with 124gr rounds the use the same size/wt JHP or carry 124gr JHP 9mm rounds. |
May 29, 2010, 03:57 AM | #3 |
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Personally, I use the Hornady Critical Defense for carry ammo.
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May 29, 2010, 04:11 AM | #4 | |
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I was just talking about this in another thread.
You need to buy a box of each kind of ammo available to you. Go to the range and see which ones fire the best from your weapon. Here's the post I made in another thread to give you and idea of what you should do. Quote:
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May 29, 2010, 04:23 AM | #5 |
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9mm rounds not .45acp...
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The topic is for 9x19mm carry/defense rounds not the larger .45acp. |
May 29, 2010, 04:30 AM | #6 |
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I understand that. My advice still applies though. Try different rounds until you find one that performs well in your weapon.
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May 29, 2010, 05:53 AM | #7 |
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Federal HST, Speer Gold Dot, Ranger T's, all in 147 grain.
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May 29, 2010, 09:12 AM | #8 |
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I use Federal 9BPLE 115gr JHP +P+ on and off duty. It's an older design but well proven.
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May 29, 2010, 10:02 AM | #9 |
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Federal HST-LE 147gr.. If you can't find that buy Speer Gold Dot 124gr. +P.
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May 29, 2010, 10:12 AM | #10 |
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My reply echos ClydeFrog's post. Any of those rounds are effective and reliably high quality.
In the last couple years I've carried only two different rounds; I've found the Hornady TAP rounds FPD to be consistently more accurate than some others. The Winchester Ranger T +P I load in my larger pistols, also very accurate. For serious practice I use NATO ball as it feels and shoots similar to my carry ammo but is much cheaper. |
May 29, 2010, 10:13 AM | #11 |
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In 9mm, I prefer a 124-127grn bullet at 1200fps or more. My current loading of choice is Winchester Ranger 127grn +P+, but I wouldn't hesitate to use Speer Gold Dot 124grn +P as well.
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May 29, 2010, 10:45 AM | #12 |
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I have a Sigma 9VE and a PF-9.
The PF-9 is loaded up with 124gr XTP's over 4.4gr. of TiteGroup. It's my carry weapon. The Sigma stay's loaded up with 147gr XTP's over 3.8gr of TiteGroup being the main house pistol. These loads shoot great in either pistol. I know XTP is not state of the art. But at the price point I can afford to reload a lot with them and shoot them thus staying proficient. During the winter months I use a 50/50 mix of FMJ and JHP. |
May 29, 2010, 11:24 AM | #13 |
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+p+
I know my Hi power can handle +p but I don't know if I can use +p+ in it or not.
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May 29, 2010, 11:34 AM | #14 |
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May 29, 2010, 12:07 PM | #15 |
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I personally carry the 124 grain Gold Dots, but like several of the others I would feel quite confident in any of Clyde's list as long as I put a couple of mags through my pistol to ensure good cycling.
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May 29, 2010, 04:54 PM | #16 |
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For me, in my Springfield XD9SC, it's Corbon DPX.
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May 29, 2010, 08:26 PM | #17 |
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I use the Generic Remington 115 grain HP loads you buy in boxes of 100. Not top of the line, but they work well enough and are priced so I can run a lot of it through my pistols to ensure reliable function.
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May 29, 2010, 09:56 PM | #18 |
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My favorites are Winchester Ranger 127 +p+ or Cor-Bon DPX. YMMV.
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May 29, 2010, 10:27 PM | #19 |
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Lots of good rounds. Corbon DPX +p's is what I have packed in my P228 right now.
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May 29, 2010, 10:39 PM | #20 |
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Gives pin point accuracy out of my 9mm. Yours may vary. |
May 29, 2010, 10:59 PM | #21 |
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I use Magtech's 92.6gr SCHP in my Sig 2022. I know it's a bit on the light side, but it's available and cycles reliably in my gun. Hydro Shok's are also available here, but I had a few failures to feed with it.
I'm happy with the Magtech stuff. Until Mack's finally gets some Speer 124gr GDHP in stock.
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