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I never understood that a ft of penetration seems a little extreme

Middle Age Russ wrote:In the house Shotgun, 12 ga. No. 4s followed by 00Buck, extended mag with extras of each in side saddle

5.56 Carbine: Hornady TAP .223 and/or M193 ball

357 Carbine: .357 JHP or Semi Jacketed HP (Not a tier 1 choice perhaps, but quite capable given time to load it)

Rifle: .30-06 of whatever variety (Hard to consider using this in a "Defensive" role, though, with other options mentioned available)

EDC: 9MM Gold Dot 124gr +P

Deep Conceal: .380 Hornady Critical Defense

Hk usp .45 jhp downstairs remington 870 00 buck upstairs, xdsc .40 (carry) i keep my ar, mossberg 20 and 30-30 unloaded bad idea in home defense. Especially my ar a m193 is one hell of a penetrator but all i got is the m855 steel core and alot of it

MoJo wrote:These are my self defense rounds:

.38 Special Federal Nyclad 125 gr HP or, Gold Dot SB 135 gr JHP
.357 Mag Federal Classic 125 gr JHP
9mm 115gr COR BON DPX
40 S&W 140 gr COR BON DPX
.45 230 gr.Federal HST
5.56 M193 Ball
.30-30 Federal 125 gr JHP
.30-'06 M2 Ball
12 gauge 2/0 buck or slugs

Cant go wrong with a good ol 870 and 00 buck!

bizarrenormality wrote:

C-dub wrote:

ldparr21 wrote:That was apparently a horrible way for me to ask a question. What kind of ammo do yall trust your lives with, opinions, suggestions?

It was bizarre. Right now, Winchester PDX1, 230 gr., .45ACP.

I think there's no magic bullets and any premium JHP from a good company will do. I got a good deal on Golden Saber so I carry that.

I understand the whole magic bullet such as glazers and magsafes which arent proven very reliable. Ive done quite a bit of research on the guard dog rounds trying to find something bad about them and the only thing I have found that is "bad" is that they only penetrated 9 inches into ballistic gel after passing through 2 1/2 inch pieces of sheetrock and a couple layers of denim. In my mind correct me if im wrong but that sounds like a perfect self defense round also considering hollow points tend to penetrate further which doesn't seem necessary guard dogs are also a fmj profile obviously meaning great feeding reliability with consistent expansion. Im not trying to get on a soapbox just explaining my thoughts on the subject.

That was apparently a horrible way for me to ask a question. What kind of ammo do yall trust your lives with, opinions, suggestions?

I apologize guard dog is a defensive load from federal that came out spring last year.

Xdsc .40 with guard dogs.