9mm: the latest advances in ammo

[Bobo]

I'd trust these equally well as far as penetration and expansion are concerned.
Cor-Bon DPX
Remington Golden Saber
Winchester Ranger
Speer Gold Dot

Many of these come in various bullet weights and powder loads.

Buy a box of as many different brands and types as possible, then test each one in the exact gun you're going to use for reliability, accuracy, and recovery speed (and maybe factor in price last).

 

[critrxdoc]

Any of the SD rounds from the major manufacturers will work very well. It's splitting hairs between them. With most of the major brands you should get 10-12 inches of penetration and probable expansion except perhaps the 147gr depending on who you believe and what you hit.

 

[critrxdoc]

http://www.doubletapammo.com/php/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_37&products_id=121

Doubletap ammo is about as good as it gets. Black Hills has some good stuff as well. A hot 147 or 124 should put the 9mm on reasonable footing

 

[weregunner]

http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=1020.0
http://www.taurusarmed.net/forums/index.php?topic=723.0
This is true for any 9mm. pistol.

 

[Gun Slinger]

Seems like the general consensus is that if you buy any of the latest premium grade SD ammunition from any of the large manufacturers you'll be fine. I agree.

My choice for SD ammunition in 9mm (Glock 17 and 19) is the Hornady TAP/CQ 147 gr. JHP (#90285) because it offers the excellent penetration (14"-16") and controlled expansion most suitable for my particular SD needs. It is also exceptionally accurate from my Glock 17 and averages 1025fps/343fpe at the muzzle typically expanding to ~.55" in calibrated ordinance gelatin in my limited testing.


G/S

 

[jeepmor]

Another vote for Double Tap, it's what's in my wife's 9mm for SD. Considering Mr. McNett offers boxes of 50 for what most mfrs sell 20 SD rounds for, it's a win-win. More ammo, faster ammo, how can you argue about that. Mike takes a lot of pride in his products, shoot some, you will see why.
He chooses sound bullets and pushes them faster than anyone else.

Realistically, any SD round that functions flawlessy in said autoloader is adequate. However, if I were that interested in finding the "uber9" round, I'd be sure to shoot them at low light and pick the lowest flashing round that did not have any separation issues as noted in the link on the first page. If we are talking about a truly defensive round, statistics say, it'll almost certainly be used in low light.

I wouldn't even try any of the rounds that had separation issues, not one. I would be thankful for the link because they did some research that you don't have too. And they did a lot of it.

 

[Stephen A. Camp]

Hello, sir. I don't know what 9mm pistol you are considering but maybe the links below might be of some use:

http://www.hipowersandhandguns.com/HiPower127Winchester.htm

http://www.hipowersandhandguns.com/Corbon 9mm 115.htm

http://www.hipowersandhandguns.com/9mm_hi_power_ammo_selection.htm

http://www.hipowersandhandguns.com/BHP and 147 gr Ammo.htm

Speaking only for myself, my two preferred 9mm "serious" factory loads are:

Winchester 127-gr. Ranger +P+
Corbon 115-gr. DPX +P

Of the ammunition that is more readily available:

Speer 124-gr. GDHP +P
Remington 124-gr. GS +P
(I could also feel pretty darned secure with either of these in their standard pressure loadings as well.)

There are certainly other effective rounds available but such are my choices. That said, I truly believe that the other main ingredients in "effective handgun stopping power" remains being "willing" (as John Wayne remarked in "The Shootist") and having the training and ability to shoot both accurately and quickly.

Best and good luck in your search.

 

[The_Antibubba]

OK, I'm going to throw a slight kink into the discussion: Same question, but not including +P or +P+.

 

[mavracer]

IMHO non +p kings are 147 ranger t or fed HST.the HSTs are a little more feed issue prone.they'ry what I carry in non +p .

 

[WuzYoungOnceToo]

If you don't want to think for yourself then:

Asking for some help and opinions on dealing with mountains of (often conflicting) available information and hype isn't an indication that one doesn't want to think for themselves. Lighten up.

On the other hand, I would suggest you take your life a bit more seriously and derive your own convictions based on your own best research.

Not everyone has the time, resources and/or expertise to conduct exhaustive ballistics research. Many who don't still take their lives every bit as seriously as you take yours (although they generally aren't nearly as uptight and condescending.)

Antedotal is all you are going to get around here.

Or perhaps "anecdotal". But then again, he did get some very useful and informative NON-anecdotal responses as well.

 

[WVleo]

Hi, Hasn't been mentioned I don't think but the crappiest 9mm will work better than the best newest 9mm if the crappy 1 hits the intended target and the newest 1 doesn't . reliabilty and practice are the 2 main ingrediants of a quality 9mm self defense system . But I do shoot the Gold Dots 124gr. .......WVleo

 

[Scorpiusdeus]

I'd add the the Doubletap crowd. I've done round popularity polls at one time or another and every time the actual bullet of choice is Gold Dot. Double Tap uses Gold Dot bullets in their manufacture. It shoots straight and reliably out of every handgun I own.

With regard to this advice:

So go with the one that works best in your gin.

I'd just like to add, shaken not stirred.

 

[Scorpiusdeus]

PS: I SOOOOO got punked for the above typo tease post.