Precision Delta JHPs

bamiller · March 23, 2012, 05:11 AM

I purchased some .45 JHP from Precision Delta assuming I was getting self-defense bullets but have sense been told by a buddy that they are not. Can anyone else confirm this?

PawPaw · March 23, 2012, 06:05 AM

Precision Delta, out of Ruleville, MS, is a company that has been serving the law enforcement community for three decades. It originally began as an outfit that remanufactured (reloaded) ammo for police training and has since moved on to selling their own newly manufactured ammo and and Winchester LE ammo. It's a great little company and I've shot cases of it (dare I say pallets of it?) over nearly 30 years as a deep-South cop.

The only .45 ACP hollowpoint I see listed in their product line is their P45185, which is newly manufactured ammo with a 185 grain jacketed hollow point bullet. They claim that it is made to SAAMI specs, but they don't tout it as "self-defense" ammo. But, hey, it's a .45 hollowpoint so I'm fairly certain that it would suffice nicely as SD ammo. I'd have no problem using it in SD mode, and I've known the company long enough to trust their product.

bamiller · March 23, 2012, 08:15 PM

The link below is the HP bullets I actually purchased.

http://www.precisiondelta.com/detail...u=B-45-185-JHP

**Aguila Blanca** · March 25, 2012, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by bamiller

The link below is the HP bullets I actually purchased.

http://www.precisiondelta.com/detail...u=B-45-185-JHP

They don't look much like personal defense bullets. They are JHP, but there are no scores or cuts in the jacket where it folds over the mouth of the opening, so expansion likely wouldn't be as rapid or as effective as that of the purpose-built personal defense bullets.

I reckon the only way to find out for sure would be to load up a dozen or so and shoot them into a big box stuffed with wet newspaper.

PawPaw · March 25, 2012, 07:15 AM

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The link below is the HP bullets I actually purchased.

That's the same one I was looking at in my earlier post. It's a .45 hollowpoint, and while it isn't touted as a "self-defense" bullet, I'm willing to bet that if you put one or two between the water and the wind, if he doesn't fall over, he'll wander off looking for an emergency room.

buck460XVR · March 25, 2012, 10:02 AM

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It's a .45 hollowpoint, and while it isn't touted as a "self-defense" bullet, I'm willing to bet that if you put one or two between the water and the wind, if he doesn't fall over, he'll wander off looking for an emergency room.

^^^that's kinda my take on it. I'd be more concerned with how reliable they feed and how accurately they shoot outta my weapon. Jacket thickness and core hardness affects expansion as much as pretty little cuts designed to make perfect petals.

RobertInIowa · March 26, 2012, 08:15 AM

"That's the same one I was looking at in my earlier post. It's a .45 hollowpoint, and while it isn't touted as a "self-defense" bullet, I'm willing to bet that if you put one or two between the water and the wind, if he doesn't fall over, he'll wander off looking for an emergency room."

+1 on this. They will work fine in a SD role.

March 23, 2012, 05:11 AM	#1
bamiller Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2010 Location: NW Ohio Posts: 455	Precision Delta JHPs I purchased some .45 JHP from Precision Delta assuming I was getting self-defense bullets but have sense been told by a buddy that they are not. Can anyone else confirm this?

March 23, 2012, 06:05 AM	#2
PawPaw Senior Member Join Date: December 24, 2010 Location: Central Louisiana Posts: 3,137	Precision Delta, out of Ruleville, MS, is a company that has been serving the law enforcement community for three decades. It originally began as an outfit that remanufactured (reloaded) ammo for police training and has since moved on to selling their own newly manufactured ammo and and Winchester LE ammo. It's a great little company and I've shot cases of it (dare I say pallets of it?) over nearly 30 years as a deep-South cop. The only .45 ACP hollowpoint I see listed in their product line is their P45185, which is newly manufactured ammo with a 185 grain jacketed hollow point bullet. They claim that it is made to SAAMI specs, but they don't tout it as "self-defense" ammo. But, hey, it's a .45 hollowpoint so I'm fairly certain that it would suffice nicely as SD ammo. I'd have no problem using it in SD mode, and I've known the company long enough to trust their product. __________________ Dennis Dezendorf http://pawpawshouse.blogspot.com

March 26, 2012, 08:15 AM	#7
RobertInIowa Senior Member Join Date: March 4, 2012 Location: Iowa Posts: 149	"That's the same one I was looking at in my earlier post. It's a .45 hollowpoint, and while it isn't touted as a "self-defense" bullet, I'm willing to bet that if you put one or two between the water and the wind, if he doesn't fall over, he'll wander off looking for an emergency room." +1 on this. They will work fine in a SD role. __________________ Guns don't kill people, fathers with pretty daughters do. Two wrongs don't make a right, but three comes pretty close. Proud NRA member

March 23, 2012, 08:15 PM	#3
bamiller Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2010 Location: NW Ohio Posts: 455	The link below is the HP bullets I actually purchased. http://www.precisiondelta.com/detail...u=B-45-185-JHP