After carrying 45acp guns for 33 years, I have gone over to 230 grain hardball from all the latest and greatest HP's that ever hit the market for that caliber.
I've seen HP clog up and go HB into the targets, seen em collapse into themselves and go HB like performance as well.
HP are more finicky than HB as a rule. The gun may run fine on the HP's for years, then have a balk. Seen it at the range too often to count, even some of my own carry weapons have this occur.
HB has fewer issues with reliability, but can be overpenetrative at times.
There are trade offs in everything, I have come to the conclusion, for me, HB will be the order of the day.
I'm not in any way undergunned by using HB. I actually like 230 rnl, self loaded as the preferred load. Hard targets like car doors are defeated pretty well with that config, the lead will flatten and create a good size wound channel as well.
I know, I know, hand rolled for defense? Yes, I have carried them and the extra mag carries them for sure. A quick mag change and I have anti-vehicle loads to punch through to the interior.
Use what you got if it works reliably in the gun. I have no aversion to HP's and still use them sometimes. I no longer worry about ball ammo being a deficiency of any kind on the streets for me however.
Brownie