your personal self defense ammo

i run a 1911 pistol that i had for years and do have a sig 226 pistol as a basic get out of town gun with a few mags as to keep in the safe in the apt and use it as need

for the 1911 45.acp pistol i run the following brands of ammo

self defense --Remington golden saber 230.grain hollow points

for use with a my YHM M2 Cobra sound suppressor unit attached to the pistol for special duty use of the 1911 pistol ---NwCP 300.grain hollow point with a boatail bullet

for the sig 226 pistol i run the following brands of ammo

Fiocchi mono block expansion 92.grain hollow point for self defense

for the taurus public defender i run the following brands of ammo

410.ga winchester PDX

so what do you run for you personal defense handguns

 

the last time i ate spam and baked beans was a drunken night in south maimi and i woke up in a bathtube with a nakedwomen on top of me and she telling her husband is comeing home at any moment

 

IMHO any ammunition, in any gun, is better than NONE.

 

I load all my ammo. I shoot what I load. This gives a decisive advantage in being familiar with what comes out the end of your barrel and where it is likely to go. I generally load relatively hot for my carry and competition guns. My basic load for paper punching in .45 acp is 6.1 gr. Win 231 with a 200 gr cast swc, I have a quantity of Ranger HP in 200 gr that gets stoked for carry. My .38 super gets 124 gr hp with 10.4 gr of N105.

 

I like Winchester SilverTips for most handguns if I can find 'em.

 

Just my opinion and my reasoning behind switching all of my pistols to some form of .45: ......45 ACP ball ammo will work just fine, where smaller rounds (i.e., .38/9mm) may benefit from the newer HP/hydra-shok self-defense rounds, but 9mm ball is not adequate.

I base this not on personal experience, but from what I've read about why the U.S. Marines switched from .38 long Colt to .455 revolvers during the Moros Uprising in the Philippines back in the early 1900s. This eventually led to the adoption of the M1911.

Another factor to consider is cost: .45 ball ammo is cheap...those boutique self-defense round are fairly pricey in contrast.

 

9mm vs
Why? Read the actual numbers. Make an INFORMED decision. I get more bang for my buck with a 9mm with equal damage. I do load out Hydra Shocks for the extra soft tissue boomage.

Trust me, before the .mil and police swapped out to the 9mm, there were studies done. TONS of studies. I was in the Navy during the transition from .45 to 9mm.

As with anything YMMV. Unless and UNTIL you have shot a human being with BOTH a 9mm and a .45, you personally have ZERO experience to base the choice of 9mm versus .45 other than personal preference. Saying anything else makes you look like a gun bigot. For me, it is raw data numbers coupled with cost and availability. Make mine a 9.

 

her husband was trying was comeing through the front door as i was trying to get my cloths and go out the bathroom windows ..i had a few scatchs from the window as i got myself out the window and out of the place and in the south fl sun that was murder on my back from the sweat at times

 

... uh... what about reading other people's experience. I think you need a nap.

 

If I relied on other people's experiences over my personal experience I would be basing a decision on biased information. I prefer to look at hard data, etc. et al. Science doesn't lie. People's experiences, especially relating to occurrences during firefights are highly suspect. Too many variables, up to and including the placement of your shot will affect the outcome. The human brain does not process information like a normal cognitive. I could go on a long discourse on human reaction to life and death situations, but it would be moot.

I would rather 3 solid hits with a 9 over three grazing hits with a .45.
As with anything, (and since you skipped this part from my previous post) YMMV.

 

Did you go off your meds or take too much??? LOL.

I use Double Tap or Buffalo Bore in all my handguns and use the heaviest bullet weight available.

 

147 gr hydra shock JHP in my Star BM

 

To be more specific. Three solid hits is three solid hits. Discuss caliber AFTER you make it out in one piece.