Federal Hydra-Shok?

[WestonSmith]

Is Federal Hydra-Shok a good strategy and tactic to use in self-defense?

When I first picked up my handgun from the transfer dealer, he showed me Federal Hydra-Shok and Speer Gold Dot. He recommended the Hydra-Shok, which is the one I bought as my non-practice personal defense ammo. Is using Federal Hydra-Shok a good strategy to use for personal self-defense? What is the difference between them and other hollow points? The only difference I can see is a shaft in the middle of the hollow part. What does this shaft do?

How does Hydra-Shok vs. Speer Gold Dot vs. regular hollow points compare in effectiveness?

 

[BullfrogKen]

Strategies and Tactics involve software, not hardware.

We have no way of answering that question with the information provided, anyway. Bullet weight, which you didn't provide, determine a round's effectiveness much more than the hollow point's construction differences among the various manufacturers.


Any conventional, modern hollow point design will work as good as it's going to. The manufacturers' differences in construction factor so little into terminal performance that in the end, they are so marginal as not to be worth serious debate. You are asking questions, which is good, but its the wrong question. The question you need to ask yourself is if the round you chose works in your gun, and shoots to point of aim. And only you can answer that question - by shooting it.


Pick a brand, try it, and find what works. Take some training. The little secret that the gun magazines and their ads won't tell you is that all handguns are marginally effective at best. Or, as Larry puts it:

Correia said: like I always write on the board during class:

ALL HANDGUNS SUCK!

They are poor manstoppers, and there ain't no way you can get around that, no matter what ammo ad tells you differently.


See, Larry, I'm trying to be less verbose.


Wrong question. Definitely wrong forum for it. Question answered. Thread closed. Don't take it personally, though, OK? Keep learning.