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Old June 6, 2011, 10:08 AM   #18
madmag
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Not sure if this fits with the frangible ammo question, but I think it's worth mentioning.

I do use Hornady Critical Defense ammo. CD ammo has a polymer filler in the HP cavity to prevent being filled with material and this delays expansion until needed.

From my personal testing, and reading, this ammo does exactly as advertised. You get reliable expansion but it does not penetrate some hard barriers as well as normal HP or ball ammo. Also, it shoots and hits POI just like any other ammo. And the price is not more than other premium HP ammo.

I also find the shape (nose) of the CD ammo really enhances feeding in semi's.

Agreed, anything Speer Gold Dot is also very good. That's my other go to ammo.
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