I think that far too much is made of the alleged "issues" that the 9mm 147 gr. JHP is purported to have had. At the risk engaging in cliche', put the bullet where it needs to go and keep shooting until the threat is neutralized.
"Way back" in 1991, when these "issues" were at their height, in an article in the Journal of the International Wound Ballistics Association (Winter, 1991), Eugene J. Wolberg, the San Diego Police Crime Laboratory's Senior Firearms Criminalogist, presented the data collected from 28 human autopsies that involved shootings using the Winchester 9mm 147 gr. JHP and presented evidence supporting a strong correlation with results obtained by testing this ammunition in calibrated ordinance (Knox) gelatin.
I have provided the documentary link below:
http://www.btammolabs.com/fackler/winchester_9mm.pdf
The statistical averages for expansion, retained weight and penetration depths were neither calculated nor provided for the entire sample (n=28) in the article so I determined them and have provided them below:
Average Expansion: .54064" (1.5251x caliber)
Average Retained Weight: 139.107 gr. (~94.631%)
Average Depth of Penetration: 13.17857"
Given the "average" performance of the Winchester 9mm 147 gr. JHP in that it appears to expand regularly to 1.5x caliber and retain ~95% of its weight while penetrating 13+ inches in actual shootings (not calibrated gelatin), I'd have to say that it is excellent CCW/SD ammunition considering it's "Economy Value" status and is a bargain, IMNSHO.
I would add that it matches closely, another premium SD round that I hold in very high regard, the Hornady 147 gr. XTP "CQ" JHP, (it is my "carry ammunition" in my Glock 17) which also expands to ~1.5x caliber, penetrates 14+ inches and retains ~95-99% of its weight.
Sufficiently impressed, I have laid in a rather "healthy supply" of the Winchester USA 9mm 147 gr. JHP as my secondary, "go-to" CCW/SD ammunition in light of it's similar performance to my favorite CCW/SD ammunition, the Hornady 9mm 147 gr. XTP JHP.