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SportTiger1 
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| What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:09 pm)
My wife accidently shot all of my JHPs last weekend thinking they were practice rounds, so i'm out. I've been using Fed HydraShoks for a while but I'm probably going to be switching. That is, when some become available in 9mm. 
I've been watching a bunch of Ballistic testing on Youtube and I really like the Hornady Critical Duty.
Can the OB recommend some other choices of ammo to try out? And what do you carry today?
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Tesla
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:11 pm to SportTiger1)
HydraShok in .38 Special.
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JAB528
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:13 pm to SportTiger1)
.40 critical duty 175 grain
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RATeamWannabe 
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Baton Rouge
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:13 pm to SportTiger1)
Speer GD 115g 9mm for the Shield
Speer GD 230g .45 for Kimber 1911
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renfro meeks
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florida
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:15 pm to JAB528)
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.40 critical duty 175 grain
x2..
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weagle99
Ridin' on the Gus Bus
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:15 pm to Tesla)
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HydraShok in .38 Special.
Does the load push the bullet fast enough to take advantage of the HydraShock's properties?
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SportTiger1
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Stonewall, LA
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:15 pm to RATeamWannabe)
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Speer GD 115g 9mm
This is probably my next choice, but what's the benefit of the lighter lead?
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NimbleCat
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Houston, TX
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:16 pm to SportTiger1)
Winchester Silver Tips in my 40...just because I like to be prepared for Werewolves...
Remington JHP in my 45acp.
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Glock17
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:16 pm to SportTiger1)
Speer gold dot 147 grain 9mm
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ninthward
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lake tahoe,NV
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:16 pm to SportTiger1)
home made .45acp
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uway
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:17 pm to SportTiger1)
Just FYI you can get 250 rounds of that Critical Duty for $200 at sgammo
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Tesla
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:17 pm to weagle99)
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Does the load push the bullet fast enough to take advantage of the HydraShock's properties?
Good question, I don't know. I carry it just in case it does. 
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QuietTiger
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New Orleans
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:17 pm to SportTiger1)
230 gr. jacketed hollow point , .45 acp- homemade.
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RATeamWannabe
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Baton Rouge
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:18 pm to SportTiger1)
I've seen articles that say shorter barrels maintain velocity of lighter loads better than the heavier grained bullets, and the Shield is a pretty short barrel.
Then I watched tnoutdoors9 and his video on the 115g GD, and then I didnt care anymore, I would shoot that thing out of my .45 if I could
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SportTiger1
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Stonewall, LA
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:19 pm to uway)
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Just FYI you can get 250 rounds of that Critical Duty for $200 at sgammo
Thanks, Not a bad price at all. I would rather run a few boxes to ensure feeding, etc. but there aren't many choices out there at the moment so i might have to jump on this.
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uway
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:20 pm to SportTiger1)
We would have heard if it had any feed issues
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PvilleP 
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:22 pm to RATeamWannabe)
If it's for a carry gun, stick w Critical Defense.
Crit Duty is designed for law enforcement and full size guns and looks like it has good chances of over penetrating. It is designed to penetrate barriers such as glass, sheet metal, plywood, etc.
In addition, Critical DUTY® loads are “full power loads” designed to function full-size handgun slides. Although designed to work flawlessly in ALL handguns, these loads are NOT optimized for short barreled, concealed carry style handguns; they will deliver standard recoil during firing.
From Hornady Website
This post was edited on 2/4 at 4:26 pm
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gmrkr5
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BR
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:30 pm to SportTiger1)
Hornady Critical Duty and Hornady TAP FPD
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RATeamWannabe
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Baton Rouge
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:31 pm to PvilleP)
I know, I carry Speer 
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uway
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| re: What's your Carry Ammo, Brand and Model? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 4:33 pm to PvilleP)
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If it's for a carry gun, stick w Critical Defense.
Crit Duty is designed for law enforcement and full size guns and looks like it has good chances of over penetrating. It is designed to penetrate barriers such as glass, sheet metal, plywood, etc
I wouldn't worry so much about that in a truck or carry gun. And I'm going to get away from using Critical Defense in my guns now as I don't want to carry 115gr bullets anymore.
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