Mike Irwin
Member
Went looking on CCI/Speer's websites in response to a question from another member.
Asides from being some crappily laid-out websites and more than a little annoying to navigate, I noticed something very interesting when viewing the different handgun cartridge options...
When you review the different cartridges, CCI (Blazer line) and Speer (Gold Dot and Lawman), the charts mention multiple uses for the different types of ammo, including small game, silhouette, plinking, large game, small game, etc...
The only thing that's missing is any mention of what might be recommended for personal protection.
Am I missing something, or wasn't the Gold Dot line expressly developed as a high-performance personal-protection type bullet?
Yet, here's what the Speer write up says about Gold Dot ammo...
"Speer Gold Dot was developed as the first high-performance handgun ammo to feature true bonded core bullets. Our exclusive Uni-Corâ„¢ process bonds the jacket to the core, one molecule at a time. Core/jacket separations, the most common cause of handgun bullet failures are virtually eliminated.
Every Gold Dot round contains a bullet that's been fine-tuned to that cartridge's specific velocity level. Expansion is precisely controlled by fluting both the core and jacket, and forming appropriate cavity depths and shapes. The jacket wraps into the hollow point cavity to produce a smooth profile for reliable functioning. The high-tech design of Gold Dot gives the handgun shooter excellent accuracy, penetration, expansion and retained weight - all in one.
Handgun hunters will appreciate Gold Dot's 44 Magnum Soft Point. The large 270 grain bullet is initially formed as a hollow point and then closed to soft point to control expansion for game hunting. It retains all the attributes of Gold Dot hollow points, but with deeper penetration for big game.
When you need superior performance, go for the gold - Speer Gold Dot!
Hey, GREAT! Handgun hunting! Next time a rogue whitetail demands my wallet I guess I'll be ready with a Speer Gold Dot!
At least Federal, which is now under the same umbrella with CCI/Speer et. al., talks about personal defense ammo, but that could very well be a continuing legacy from when the company was independent.
So what's going on here?
Is this the beginning of the pussification of the ammo companies, where they're afraid to even talk about personal protection?
Asides from being some crappily laid-out websites and more than a little annoying to navigate, I noticed something very interesting when viewing the different handgun cartridge options...
When you review the different cartridges, CCI (Blazer line) and Speer (Gold Dot and Lawman), the charts mention multiple uses for the different types of ammo, including small game, silhouette, plinking, large game, small game, etc...
The only thing that's missing is any mention of what might be recommended for personal protection.
Am I missing something, or wasn't the Gold Dot line expressly developed as a high-performance personal-protection type bullet?
Yet, here's what the Speer write up says about Gold Dot ammo...
"Speer Gold Dot was developed as the first high-performance handgun ammo to feature true bonded core bullets. Our exclusive Uni-Corâ„¢ process bonds the jacket to the core, one molecule at a time. Core/jacket separations, the most common cause of handgun bullet failures are virtually eliminated.
Every Gold Dot round contains a bullet that's been fine-tuned to that cartridge's specific velocity level. Expansion is precisely controlled by fluting both the core and jacket, and forming appropriate cavity depths and shapes. The jacket wraps into the hollow point cavity to produce a smooth profile for reliable functioning. The high-tech design of Gold Dot gives the handgun shooter excellent accuracy, penetration, expansion and retained weight - all in one.
Handgun hunters will appreciate Gold Dot's 44 Magnum Soft Point. The large 270 grain bullet is initially formed as a hollow point and then closed to soft point to control expansion for game hunting. It retains all the attributes of Gold Dot hollow points, but with deeper penetration for big game.
When you need superior performance, go for the gold - Speer Gold Dot!
Hey, GREAT! Handgun hunting! Next time a rogue whitetail demands my wallet I guess I'll be ready with a Speer Gold Dot!
At least Federal, which is now under the same umbrella with CCI/Speer et. al., talks about personal defense ammo, but that could very well be a continuing legacy from when the company was independent.
So what's going on here?
Is this the beginning of the pussification of the ammo companies, where they're afraid to even talk about personal protection?
