Favorite 9mm carry bullet

[HOOfan_1]

Also wondering about your premise...why do you need a large quantity of more costly bullets for carry loads. Do you get in gunfights very often?

possibly to practice with what he carries

 

[vongh]

125 grain round nose. I cast them myself, BHN runs about 10. These are great shooting bullets.


For self defense I carry hand loads with my own bullets. Imagine that

What he said

 

[cfullgraf]

FMJs work for me.

 

[ColonelJack]

Gold Dots.... but good luck finding them.

Otto check targets sport USA 124gr gold dot 9mm on sale at below link

http://www.targetsportsusa.com/p-98...4-grain-jacketed-hollow-point-ammunition.aspx

 

[allaroundhunter]

Otto check targets sport USA 124gr gold dot 9mm on sale at below link

http://www.targetsportsusa.com/p-98...4-grain-jacketed-hollow-point-ammunition.aspx

He's talking about just the bullet I think, not loaded ammo.

If he is having a hard time finding ammo loaded with Gold Dots then he should come over where I am. Both Academy and Gander Mountain have them for good prices.

 

[stressed]

 

[ldlfh7]

Also wondering about your premise...why do you need a large quantity of more costly bullets for carry loads. Do you get in gunfights very often?

What HOOfan said... To practice with what I will be carrying. I shoot lrn when plinking but why not practice with what you carry?

 

[RedBowTies88]

If you load them to the right velocity 147gr gold dots will do this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMiI8VcPQ3c

 

[918v]

why not practice with what you carry?

Because it adds nothing but cost to the overall equation. You can save a lot of money by practicing with bulk cheapo bullets vs Gold Dots. Or you can get a lot more practice in for the same amount of money.

 

[RealGun]

Also wondering about your premise...why do you need a large quantity of more costly bullets for carry loads. Do you get in gunfights very often?

What HOOfan said... To practice with what I will be carrying. I shoot lrn when plinking but why not practice with what you carry?

Just a thought, not an argument, but I think one can load cheaper bullets to feel very much like a carry load. In 9mm and for a given bullet weight, jacketed, I don't know why there would need to be much difference in feel for practice's sake.

I have had them quite a while, maybe 3 years, but I am working off a supply of 124 gr FMJ from Zero. They were nowhere near the cost of XTPs, for example, but I bet I couldn't tell the difference if the two bullets were loaded the same.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

115 grain Gold Dot.

They have the same mass, same velocity, and same ballistics as the 115 grain WWB that I routinely shoot for target practice. So when I load my Beretta with these Gold Dots, I know they'll hit where I'm aiming at if I ever need to use them in self-defense.