AUhiker
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- Mar 21, 2023
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Hello all newbie here, me and my wife love to go backpack camping/hiking. 9mm is the only pistol caliber I own and it’s what I take into the woods as a “woods gun”. I know what most people will say 9mm is not recommended for that, but we are located in north Alabama so no bears or big game animals. All we have in my neck of the woods is maybe a rabid raccoon or coyote. Those two I’m not worried about so much it’s the two legged kind and we have an invasion or wild feral hogs. So my question is what’s a good ammo choice that will work for SD purpose and cover as a woods gun? Right now I swap my carry load critical defense out for Buffalo bore outdoorsman hardcast when I go hiking just in case I run into mr piggy. Is there a hollow point bullet out there that I could just stock up on practice with it and it serve well for both scenarios? I don’t want to use hardcast for SD in fear of over penetration and a hollow point not reaching the vitals on a charging hog. Maybe the critical duty line since it’s a “barrier blind” bullet? I just thought I would throw it out there and see what everyone else does!