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by Mike from Texas
Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:03 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Defensive Ammo
Replies: 18
Views: 3357

My concern with the Hydrashocks has always been the thin jacket and violent expansion producing less than favorable results if you had to shoot someone through heavy clothing and such. That's why I prefer a bonded bullet.
by Mike from Texas
Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:53 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Defensive Ammo
Replies: 18
Views: 3357

My primary ammo is the Winchester Ranger T 230 grain SXT +p. Feeds very reliably in my weapon and always gets high marks in ballistics testing. It can be a bit hard to find at times; my best luck with both availability and pricing has been at the gun shows. Last batch I bought, I paid $21 per box of 50 rounds. You will find a large price range from $20 up to $40 per box.

I am currently trying out some of the Hornady TAP 200 grain +p. I haven't shot them yet, but I can say, there may be something to their claim about the black coated nickel cases, they are slick as all get out. They can be difficult toload when topping off the last round or 2 in a hi cap magazine.

I'm also about to try out some Double Tap ammo. The ballistics look awesome on these rounds and they have both the Hornady XTP and the Speer Gold Dot loadings available. They list higher velocities than most other manufacturers but stay below +p pressures. It's not cheap but there's been a lot of high marks for them on a couple of other forums that I visit.
http://www.doubletapammo.com

Check out penetration results of the DT ammo on the Glock Talk forum.

http://www.glocktalk.com/showthread.php ... did=336612

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