For those who carry, What is your choice of brand?

[BackwoodsCustomCoatings 0]

Ill be on vacation in a free state next week, and now that all my permits are in order, I will be carrying. I have a Glock 23, and without turning this into a caliber debate, what do you recommend for brand of ammo and why? 

[Pizza Bob 1,477]

I don't even know what Glock 23 is, but you'll never go wrong with Speer Gold Dots.

[MidwestPX 172]

For factory ammo, I carry Federal HSTs in my Glocks and M&Ps. The exception being my M&P Pro that wears a TiRANT 9mm suppressor at all times. It's fed a steady diet of Winchester bonded 147gr Rangers. My reloads are all done with Gold Dots.

[67gtonut 842]

M&P 9mm compact

Hornady Critical Duty

[RS1200XL 4]

Federal Personal Defense in my 9mm

[High Exposure 5,424]

I carry some flavor of .40 S&W Glock off duty always.

 

I also have a PM9 (9mm) and a LCP (.380) that get carried as BUGs occasionally.

 

Federal HST (switched from Gold Dots last year) in all of my guns except the .380, that has ball ammo.

[T Bill 649]

Speer Gold Dots or Hornady Critical Defense.

[mcbethr 42]

Hornandy Critical Defense.  G-d forbid I ever get into a shooting, at least the box says "Critical Defense" and not "Zombymax Fleshripper" or whatever.

[CAPTBIL3 10]

 

As 67gtonut I also carry the M&P 9 Compact with Critical Duty

 

[Sota 1,182]

Federal P9HST1 currently in my 9mm. If I can ever find it the .45 will have P45HST1.

Eventually I'll switch to P9HST2, because bigger bullet (147gr vs 124gr) that's subsonic and still hits hard.

[ChrisJM981 918]

Hornandy Critical Defense. G-d forbid I ever get into a shooting, at least the box says "Critical Defense" and not "Zombymax Fleshripper" or whatever.

This. Plus they have that polymer tip for feeding reliability. They're also in my home defense gun.

[diamondd817 767]

180gr Speer Gold Dot .40

[Shawnmoore81 623]

Beretta nano

Hornady custom

[NYMetsFan86 9]

critical defense as well...carry and home

[bignic83 0]

I used to carry my Glock 23. A little large and heavy for daily carry, although still my favorite gun. I now carry my M&P Shield in 9mm. .40 is fine in the 23, it was a little much in the Shield for me.

[vladtepes 1,060]

Glock 27 loaded with zombie max or any Hornady equivalent..  

[Respect2A 0]

Pocket carry. Sw bodyguard 380 with Hornady Critical Defense

[BackwoodsCustomCoatings 0]

Thanks for all the info guys. I ended up ordering some Critical Duty last night before even seeing all the recommendations for it

[brocglock23 4]

Pocket carry. Sw bodyguard 380 with Hornady Critical Defense

it's like we're brothers from another mother. Either what Respect2a said or my pm9 with critical defense. I have a LCR in 38sp but haven't carried it yet.

 

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[boo 6]

Just curious. Is the popularity of Critical Defense/Duty due to the hope that it won't be considered hollow point should legal complications arise? Anecdotally, it doesn't seem to be as popular in Free America compared to Speer Gold Dot, Federal HST, etc.

[brocglock23 4]

Just curious. Is the popularity of Critical Defense/Duty due to the hope that it won't be considered hollow point should legal complications arise? Anecdotally, it doesn't seem to be as popular in Free America compared to Speer Gold Dot, Federal HST, etc.

bingo. That's what I'm hoping but who can be really sure. Also seems to feed the best through the pm9. The bodyguard eats anything.

 

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[High Exposure 5,424]

My PM9 feeds Federal HST with no issues.

[LorenzoS 100]

This is probably the best source of information on defensive handgun loads:  http://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?4337-Service-Caliber-Handgun-Duty-and-Self-Defense-Ammo.  I would follow this instead of Hornady advertising or YouTube videos with dudes shootin' stuff in their yards.

 

No flavor of Hornady Critical Defense has passed the FBI's minimum penetration requirements, and the only variant of Critical Duty to pass is the .45 220 gr +P.  Pick any of the loads listed on Gary Roberts' list then perform sufficient function testing to be sure it feeds in your gun.

[brocglock23 4]

My PM9 feeds Federal HST with no issues.

I'll have to try them next time I'm shooting. Thanks for the heads up

 

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[ryan_j 0]

I have critical duty for the XDM and critical defense for the XDS. The reason I went with defense for the XDS was that +P produces too much recoil for such a small gun.

[iCARRY 0]

M&P 9 compact

 

Winchester 147g Rangers

[anabolism 2]

I carry .45acp.. Been carrying speer gold dots 230gr but recently started a switch to federal hst +p 230gr

[Old Glock guy 1,050]

critical defense as well...carry and home

 

Same for me.  

 

I'm a bit confused here.  I thought the difference between H "Defense" and "Duty" is that the latter has better penetration through barriers, like

walls and windshields.  Is that correct?  And if so, is that an advantage or a disadvantage?

[Old Dog 19]

The only brands that I now buy and trust are:

 

Sig

HK

S&W

FNH

Ruger

 

That covers all 9 of my carry and home defense guns. Not one has jammed in the last 4 years which is something I cannot say about the other brands I have tried, Glock, Remington and Colt included.

[[email protected] 195]

Ammo : Speer gold dots and federal hst's.

 

Guns: sig and Hk.