Barnes Tac-XPD .380

Hunter125 · Jun 15, 2013

I've been checking my lgs fairly often ghe past few weeks hoping to find some Hornady Critical Defense .380. They haven't had any of that, but they have had Barnes Tac-XPD 80 gr .380 sitting on the shelf every time. I ended up buying a couple boxes tonight just to try it out. Does anybody have any experience with these, maybe even in a different caliber? Do they expand reliably, penetrate well, etc? Will be used in a Taurus TCP btw.

rcmodel · Jun 15, 2013

Supposed to be good reliable stuff according to what I have read.

Here's a You-Tube on a pork shoulder.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqE0wcI1djc

Looks like it eats meat three meals a day!

rc

Hunter125 · Jun 15, 2013

Yeah, that looks pretty good. Way better than the cheapo Tula FMJ I had in the gun until now.

hardluk1 · Jun 15, 2013

If you can find some corbon dpx ,they also should run well. Great bullet design.

rcmodel good to see a real meat test and the how well the little 380's can perform.

MICHAEL T · Jun 17, 2013

Corbon DPX hard to find I have 3 boxes on back order at Cobon Been a month and 1/2 and still waiting. I glad I haven shot up what I hav on hand

Hunter125 · Jun 17, 2013

Yeah I paid $30 for the .380 XPD. Went into lgs today and they had a box of .40 DPX - $50! Wow! Is that normal price for DPX, or is it inflated because of all the hype as of late?

zeke4351 · Jun 17, 2013

Hunter125 said:
I've been checking my lgs fairly often ghe past few weeks hoping to find some Hornady Critical Defense .380. They haven't had any of that, but they have had Barnes Tac-XPD 80 gr .380 sitting on the shelf every time. I ended up buying a couple boxes tonight just to try it out. Does anybody have any experience with these, maybe even in a different caliber? Do they expand reliably, penetrate well, etc? Will be used in a Taurus TCP btw.

You my friend just upgraded your carry ammo in a big way.

Barnes Tac-XPD .380

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