[keederdag]

Anyone have experiance with this new "Powerball ammo" by CorBon. How about the federal Expanding FMJ?:confused:

[PCRCCW]

The Fed EFMJ's Ive shot didnt make it my favorite carry round. For a +p loading its quite anemic...typical federal. It also shot low in 3 of my 9mm's...

Now the Powerball is another story..its wonderfully accurate and has more kick than damn near anything out their. This is my new favorite "NICHE" CCW round.

Shoot well.

[WonderNine]

I'm really interested in the 115gr. 9mm variety that I heard Mr. Stephen Camp mention that is supposed to be over 500ft./lbs., but I haven't seen it anywhere. The 100gr. is cool, but I'd like to have something at least 115gr. in a full sized gun.

[akanotken]

I'm not saying that I know the penetration to be insufficient, but I'd make sure to research it. Remember, you need to be able to reliably damage tissue 12 inches deep.

Ammolab.com has done a lot of good research already. You might spend some time there to narrow your choices.

Shoot straight

[WonderNine]

Wow, that's a long sig, anyways...does 12 inches of tissue penetration = broken breastplate that covers the heart or penetrated skull? I don't think so....

[Snowdog]

The chest is only 10" deep on the typical individual and most JHPs have the ability of over-penetrate. However, most shot fired under duress will not be under the most ideal conditions with frontal shots not a given, and even an arm acting as a barrier can prevent a light bullet from reaching the vitals.

Personally, I've decided the G-A 115 +P+ GoldDot is the ultimate defensive round for me. Super accurate, consistant and packs tremendous punch for a 9mm. My K9 loves it and that's good enough as far as I'm concerned. I not one to constantly chase the current fad.
Having the ability to push a uniformly expanded 9mm roughly the diameter of a nickel with 100% retained weight 10-12" into an assailant is good enough for me.
I think I'll stick with this round until I either switch calibers or pulse laser pistols hit the market.

[Rob96]

In 9mm the Pow'R Ball makes it to 12" the 45acp loading makes it 14". Both are thru 4 layers of denim. My Colt is loaded with the 165gr+p Pow'R Ball.

[Snowdog]

Contrary to popular belief, denim actually increases the depth of penetration of JHPs, but not (or to a far lesser degree) of non-traditional expanding bullets that do not feature an exposed hollow cavity.

Nonetheless, I would be interested in the results of Pow'r Ball against bare ballistic gelatin.

[Stephen A. Camp]

Hello. Here's some more on PowRball:

http://www.hipowersandhandguns.com/CorbonPowRball.htm

I also did some "tests" with PowRball and other Corbon ammo in .38 Super. Results are here:

http://forums.stoppingpower.net/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3617

Best.

[greyhound]

Any idea where you can get this stuff on-line without a UPS signature?

My company would treat having ammo sent there the same as bringing a gun to work, so that's not an option.

Cobon's website itself doesn't say one way or the other, and their e-mail link doesn't work for me.

Thanks.

[Rob96]

Posted by Snowdog

Nonetheless, I would be interested in the results of Pow'r Ball against bare ballistic gelatin.

Posted results at Ammolab showed bare gel penetration of 12" to 13" for 45acp and I can't seem to find results for the 9mm.