Just wanted to see what people are thinking about new 380 ACP defensive loads these days. When carrying 380, I have generally always felt that they won't reliably expand, and I wanted deep penetration, so I just went with hardball. Some of the new loads have me questioning that. Some seem to work well based on gel tests, and some surprisingly not well. The Federal HST 99g doesn't do so well, but the Hornady FTX 90g critical defense does... It gets just a bit over 12" penetration and expands to around 0.45". Thats not too bad.
What are your thoughts?
What are your thoughts?