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RATeamWannabe 
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| .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 2:24 pm)
Just finished the 300 rounds of 230g FMJ break in period for my 1911. Time to pony up and purchase some hollow points.
What are your suggestions? I want reliability as far as feeding goes, other than that, I am all ears. I know I should buy a few and see what mine likes, but I would rather start with some that others have had success with.
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Glock17
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 2:29 pm to RATeamWannabe)
Winchester Ranger T, Federal HST, Speer Gold Dot ..... all really good
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El Josey Wales 
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 2:33 pm to Glock17)
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Winchester Ranger T, Federal HST
These were highly recommended in my CHP course last weekend.
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Tigerpaw123
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 2:33 pm to RATeamWannabe)
one of the good things about shooting a .45, they all work
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Ice Cream Sammich
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 2:34 pm to RATeamWannabe)
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Speer Gold Dot
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RATeamWannabe
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 2:35 pm to Glock17)
Have to check, think I bought some winchester with the weapon, just haven't fired any of them yet.
Speer is another I see quite a bit, I'll keep those in mind, too.
Was looking at Bill Wilson ammo, too, but not sure about only being able to order online.
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RATeamWannabe
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 2:37 pm to Tigerpaw123)
That's what everyone said about Wilson Combat mags, but my 1911 just refused to feed from the 8 round versions. Luckily, Wilson has outstanding customer service, and they sent me four 7 round mags that I broke in yesterday. 
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Tigerpaw123
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 2:46 pm to RATeamWannabe)
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That's what everyone said about Wilson Combat mags, but my 1911 just refused to feed from the 8 round versions
I was talking more about effectiveness and not feeding, but i see what you are talking about with feeding some guns some ammo better than others especially hollow points
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Langston
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 2:46 pm to RATeamWannabe)
Anyone shoot the hornady critcal defense?
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 2:47 pm to Glock17)
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Winchester Ranger T, Federal HST, Speer Gold Dot ..... all really good
Can't go wrong with any of these
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 2:48 pm to Tigerpaw123)
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one of the good things about shooting a .45, they all work
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j5geaux
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 3:09 pm to RATeamWannabe)
I say the Federal HST, but check this guy out for more live trials/data: tnoutdoors9 on YouTube
He tests with ballistics gels and has shot just about every "common" ammo out of several different pistols.
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RATeamWannabe
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 3:24 pm to j5geaux)
I'll do that, thanks.
Def want to hear personal experience from you guys first, anytime you deal with someone profiting from something, you dont always get the whole story 
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shawnlsu
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Speer Gold Dot
Got about 500 rounds in the safe and have put a few thousand down my 1911s. Never had a FTF or feed problem.
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Kill Switch 
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 3:34 pm to RATeamWannabe)
I shoot Hydrashok in all my handguns. .45, .40, and .380
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RATeamWannabe
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 3:35 pm to shawnlsu)
That's what I want to hear
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TigerOnThe Hill
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 3:37 pm to RATeamWannabe)
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Winchester Ranger T, Federal HST, Speer Gold Dot ..... all really good
Good recs. OTOH, I shoot mainly Rem Golden Saber or Speer Gold Dot, largely due to availability issues. When I first got my 1911, these two were about the only self defense rounds that weren't nearly impossible to find. I've since shot some Critical Defense, but wasn't impressed w/ accuracy or reliability (feeding issues).
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Carson123987
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 3:38 pm to RATeamWannabe)
I am quite partial to Ranger T. That shite is awesome
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RATeamWannabe
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 3:39 pm to TigerOnThe Hill)
Thanks! My 1911 is picky as hell, again, that's why I would rather start with rounds you guys have had success with.
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BamaFan89 
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| re: .45 Personal Defense Rounds (Posted on 12/7/12 at 5:34 pm to RATeamWannabe)
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Winchester Ranger T
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