re: What's your defense ammo?

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Picked up some Critical Duty the other day.

Are there any clear-cut winners in the defense ammo category?

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Critical Duty is decent ammo, but it's far from being one of the "clear-cut winners."

LE agencies around the country are using .....
Federal HST
Speer Gold Dot
Winchester Ranger-T

..... in about that order.

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That's what a buddy had in his weapon when it "went off" after ejecting said mag, etc. It hit the floor, then the ceiling and then passed through someone's palm if I'm not mistaken.

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Not saying it couldn't, or didn't, happen --- but that's a really unlikely series of events.

Email sent.

Suppressed .300blk SBR with 110g Barnes tac

ETA: use Barnes in my shield. Need to find something else.

Hornady Critical Defense 40 S&W -165 gr FTX

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Hornady Critical Defense JHP 115gr 9mm
Remington Golden Saber HPJ 180gr .40

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These are mine too but for the 40 I like the 165 grain.

Browning X-point

Critical defense 9mm only because of the rubber piece inside the JHP causes the bullet to be more aerodynamic

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Critical defense 9mm only because of the rubber piece inside the JHP causes the bullet to be more aerodynamic

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Any aerodynamic benefit afforded by the polymer insert is probably gonna be lost when the polymer warps/deforms due to heat & friction as it passes through the barrel.

Besides, at 20-30 distances, the ballistic coefficient of the bullet is really immaterial. I'll take the extra expansion of an HST load any time.

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Hornady Critical Defense JHP 115gr 9mm

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This. Probably going to jump up to critical duty when I start getting low.