Ammo-Handgun

Ammo - Handgun

	9 mm Federal 115-grain JHP Standard JHP loads seldom get much respect when it comes to self-defense ammunition. It seems the more modern and expensive, bonded and specialty bullets are all the rage.
	9 mm +P Speer 124-grain Gold Dot HP +P ammunition offers the advantage of higher velocity and generally more tissue destruction at the sacrifice of more recoil and penetration.
	9 mm Speer 124-grain Gold Dot HP Speer Gold Dot bullets have become a popular choice for law enforcement agencies. This is due in no small part to the quality of the ammunition Speer manufacturers and the ability of the Gold Dot bullet to perform very well in FBI terminal performance testing.
	9 mm Federal 105-grain EFMJ EFMJ stands for expanding full metal jacket. This bullet was developed by Tom Burezynski, the same man who invented the famous Hydra-Shok.
	.32 NAA Cor-Bon 60-grain JHP The .32 NAA is a little-known personal-defense cartridge. The cartridge is a .380 ACP case necked down to accept a .32- (.312) caliber bullet.
	.32 H&R Mag. Federal Personal Defense 85-grain JHP The .32 H&R Mag. is one of the most underrated self-defense cartridges. If offers light recoil and is available in compact revolvers that produce less recoil than those in .38 Spl.
	.45 ACP Glaser Silver Safety Slug The downside to fragmenting specialty loads like the Glaser Safety Slug is limited penetration.
	.45 ACP +P 165-grain Cor-Bon JHP I tend to lean toward lighter bullets at higher velocities for personal protection and this is the load I generally carry in my 1911s.
	.38 Spl. Winchester 110-grain Silver Tip (2- and 4-inch barrels) Penetration was on the shallow side of optimum but the gelatin showed that the bullets created wound cavities similar in size to comparable .38 Spl. loads.
	357 Mag. Federal Low Recoil Personal Defense 130-grain Hydra-Shok The Hydra-Shok bullet has an outstanding reputation in self-defense shootings, regardless of the cartridge it’s fired from.
	.45 Long Colt 250-grain Speer Gold Dot Most often associated with single action—hunting or cowboy style—revolvers, the .45 Colt is not generally considered a self-defense cartridge.
	.45 ACP 185-grain Winchester Silver Tip Winchester’s 185-grain Silver Tip load has been a classic, defensive load for the .45 ACP for a long time.
	.22 LR for Self-Defense? More bad guys are stopped by .22 Long Rifle ammo every year than any other chambering, but is it a good choice for personal protection?
	.380 ACP Hornady Critical Defense 90-grain FTX The popularity of sub-compact .380 ACP semi-auto handguns rivals and possibly exceeds that of AR style rifles.
	.327 Fed. Mag. Speer 115-grain Gold Dot At 45,000 psi, the .327 Fed. Mag. the hottest-loaded defensive handgun cartridge on the market today.
	.38 Spl. +P Hornady Critical Defense 110-grain FTX This new load from Hornady—purpose built for snub-nose revolvers carried for personal protection—was tested in 10-percent ordnance gelatin out of a Smith & Wesson Model 36.
	.45 ACP +P 185-grain Remington Golden Saber Remington’s Golden Saber line of ammunition utilizes a bullet with a jacket made of the same copper-zinc alloy (brass) utilized in cartridge cases.
	.45 ACP Handloaded 185-grain Barnes TAC XP This 180-grain Barnes TAC XP bullet was handloaded in a .45 ACP case ahead of 8.2 grains of Ramshot True Blue powder and a CCI 300 primer.
	.40 S&W Winchester 180-grain PDX1 Winchester’s Supreme Elite Bonded PDX1 ammunition was chosen by the FBI as their primary service round.
	.22 LR CCI 32-grain Stinger from a 2.4-inch Barrel The .22 LR wouldn’t be the first choice as a personal defense cartridge for many. However, for some, it may be all they can afford, stand to carry or all the recoil they can tolerate.
	9 mm Cor-Bon 115-grain DPX Cor-Bon Ammunition loads Barnes TAC-XP bullets (formerly know as XPB bullets) in their DPX line of ammunition. Typical of Cor-Bon ammunition, velocities are high.
	.380 ACP +P Grizzly Extreme Grizzly’s new Xtreme line of self defense ammunition was covered in the Ammo column in the April 2010 issue of Shooting Illustrated.
	Handgun Stopping Power Debates over which handgun caliber or load provides the most stopping power are endless. Despite the eternal disagreement, there are three rules to follow to get the most from your gun/load combination.
	Snubby Ballistics - "Snubby"is a term that has crept into the shooter’s lexicon to identify those revolvers with exceptionally short barrels. There is no sound reason why anyone would want to abbreviate a handgun barrel to a degree that would interfere with the gun’s ballistic performance, unless they want to create a revolver that is easier to conceal in most clothing.
	Winchester Bonded PDX1 Winchester’s Bonded PDX1 personal defense ammo offers optimum penetration and expansion through a variety of intermediate obstacles. That’s why it was chosen as the FBI’s primary service round.