Not sure when your day was, but I've been carrying 230gr HydraShoks for over 20 years and they have always been highly regarded.BrassMonkey wrote:Back in my day, HydraShock was absolute crap. I am assuming this has changed?
The HydraShoks are NOT +P and will work fine in any quality pistol.
They are not to be confused with these:
These are Federal's upgrade to the HydraShok.ccoker wrote:Federal HST 230g +p
They were introduced as the HiShok II, but are now referred to as Tactical HST.
They are available in bonded as the Tactical Bonded.
As has been said, the bonded has properties better suited to penetrating barriers.
My personal opinion is that the premier round currently available is the Corbon DPX. I just can't afford enough of them to establish reliability.