Personal Protection Ammo

40cal · 08-11-2006, 11:57 AM

The practice/target ammo got me to thinking, what are people loading up for some of those "I hope this never happens" situations?

.380: 90 gr Hydra Shocks
9mm: Hydra Shocks
.38: +P Hydra Shocks
.357: 130 gr Magnum
.40: 165 Federal Tactical
.45: 230 Gr Federal HST+P
.223: 55 Gr TRU or 55 GR bonded Tactical

MJ · 08-11-2006, 12:17 PM

I use Speer Gold Dots. 9mm for my G19

NYTC · 08-11-2006, 01:08 PM

I use .45 Federal
and .22 high velocity

gregc · 08-11-2006, 04:50 PM

Speer gold dots, 9mm +P, hollow point.

gregc

tom turner · 08-12-2006, 05:27 PM

I shoot my own reload ammo at the range, and do reload some hunting and defense ammo.

HOWEVER . . . I'll never use my load my own stuff in my defensive handguns for protection ammo.

Why? Because lawyers will sometimes use it against folks in court who were forced to use their weapons in self-defense . . . when the lawyer uses the fact that the ammo was hand-loaded.

They'll tell the jury that you deliberately wanted to hurt someone as viciously as possible, so you loaded your own brew to inflict maximum destruction!

So, instead, I use Federal Hydra-Shock store-bought ammunition . . . that's been shown to be the most effective in actual documented police street-fights. The Lawyers can't rip me for loading some weird load . . . and the Hydra-Shock is as good, or possibly better, than anything I could load anyway.

Here's my loads:

.357 - Federal 125 gn. Hydra-Shock

.45 - Federal 230 gn. Hydra-Shock

I also use Federal in my .38s (P+) due to the softer Federal primers that ALWAYS go bang in a revolver.

I'm going to be reloading some .38 wadcutters tonight, to plink next weekend in a snubbie. Somehow I've allowed myself to run out!!!

T.

LFRoberts5 · 08-12-2006, 08:06 PM

I use Glaser Pow'RBall .38 Special +P 100 gr in my Taurus 605 .357 revolver.
This is for home defense only.

For personal defense are there any suggestions for a 9mm Taurus Millennium?
THANKS!

08-11-2006, 11:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
40cal Forte User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,273	Personal Protection Ammo The practice/target ammo got me to thinking, what are people loading up for some of those "I hope this never happens" situations? .380: 90 gr Hydra Shocks 9mm: Hydra Shocks .38: +P Hydra Shocks .357: 130 gr Magnum .40: 165 Federal Tactical .45: 230 Gr Federal HST+P .223: 55 Gr TRU or 55 GR bonded Tactical __________________ “If there must be trouble, let it be in my day so that my child may have peace.” Thomas Paine 1737-1809 “That’s all the bullets we had, or we would have shot him more,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd

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NYTC Forte User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Brooklyn,NY Posts: 1,037	I use .45 Federal and .22 high velocity __________________ www.NewYorkTrumpetCompany.com Stage 1 Trumpets

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gregc Mezzo Piano User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York, U.S. of A. Posts: 548	Speer gold dots, 9mm +P, hollow point. gregc __________________ ______________ Greg Condemi

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LFRoberts5 Pianissimo User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: St. Louis Posts: 55	I use Glaser Pow'RBall .38 Special +P 100 gr in my Taurus 605 .357 revolver. This is for home defense only. For personal defense are there any suggestions for a 9mm Taurus Millennium? THANKS! __________________ LFRoberts5 Holton Bb Callet Symphonique C Bach Strad Flugelhorn GR 65M Last edited by LFRoberts5; 08-12-2006 at 08:09 PM.

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08-11-2006, 12:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
MJ Forte User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Naptown Posts: 1,830	I use Speer Gold Dots. 9mm for my G19

08-12-2006, 05:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
tom turner Mezzo Forte User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 788	I shoot my own reload ammo at the range, and do reload some hunting and defense ammo. HOWEVER . . . I'll never use my load my own stuff in my defensive handguns for protection ammo. Why? Because lawyers will sometimes use it against folks in court who were forced to use their weapons in self-defense . . . when the lawyer uses the fact that the ammo was hand-loaded. They'll tell the jury that you deliberately wanted to hurt someone as viciously as possible, so you loaded your own brew to inflict maximum destruction! So, instead, I use Federal Hydra-Shock store-bought ammunition . . . that's been shown to be the most effective in actual documented police street-fights. The Lawyers can't rip me for loading some weird load . . . and the Hydra-Shock is as good, or possibly better, than anything I could load anyway. Here's my loads: .357 - Federal 125 gn. Hydra-Shock .45 - Federal 230 gn. Hydra-Shock I also use Federal in my .38s (P+) due to the softer Federal primers that ALWAYS go bang in a revolver. I'm going to be reloading some .38 wadcutters tonight, to plink next weekend in a snubbie. Somehow I've allowed myself to run out!!! T.

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