What type of rounds are you loading in you carry gun?

FMJ?

Critical Defense?

Critical Duty 135gr +P

Critical Duty in my full sized handguns.

Critical Defense in my short barreled ones.

https://www.hornady.com/support/duty-defense-differences

Speer gold dot G2 

Critical Defense in my P365

My ruger lc380 critical defense 40 same 1911 in 45 critical duty

Plain old 45 ACP 230 Grain FMJ

Email from NJSP to a police officer in another state.

Hornady Critical Defense.

I do still have some Federal EFMJ but not a lot left and Critical defense performs better.

9 hours ago, Ficus said:

Speer gold dot G2 

Are these not considered hollow points?  

6 minutes ago, ESB said:

Are these not considered hollow points?  

From Speer's website:

"Instead of a large hollow-point cavity, Gold Dot G2 has a shallow dish filled with a high-performance elastomer. On impact, the material is forced into engineered internal fissures to start the expansion process. The result is extremely uniform expansion, better separation of the petals, and more consistent penetration across barrier types through full-size handguns."

I believe that is the case with most of the "duty ammunition" or at least what ppl are using for the CCW ammo in the Peoples Republic of NJ.

https://www.speer.com/ammunition/gold_dot/gold_dot_g2/19-24226.html

 

9 minutes ago, ESB said:

Are these not considered hollow points?  

The cavity is filled... It's a pretty grey area round...

Just now, gleninjersey said:

 has a shallow dish

Is that enough to be considered a HP though?

1 minute ago, Krdshrk said:

The cavity is filled... It's a pretty grey area round...

Is that enough to be considered a HP though?

"it depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is"?  

To be safe if I carried, which I'm not (yet), I would probably stick with one of the three listed above in the email or the ones being recommended by NJSP or perhaps an attorney.  

 

15 minutes ago, Krdshrk said:

The cavity is filled... It's a pretty grey area round...

Is that enough to be considered a HP though?

I wonder how many people swung from a rope becuase they were in a "Gray Area"

Also most laws are Narrow Black and Narrow White with HUGE gray areas in between... NJ Is especially good at intentionally doing that.

9 hours ago, 67gtonut said:

Critical Defense in my P365

Same

I mainly carry Critical Defense but I have 1 handgun that does not feed them reliably so ball for that one.  Be sure to test the ammo actually works 100% in your particular handgun.

On 3/8/2023 at 8:23 PM, SmokenClay said:

I mainly carry Critical Defense but I have 1 handgun that does not feed them reliably so ball for that one.  Be sure to test the ammo actually works 100% in your particular handgun.

Try polishing your feed ramp.  Helped my 40 cycling semi wad cutters

Norma NXD should have most perps pushing up daisies.  I'll start with them.

2 hours ago, Vdep217 said:

Try polishing your feed ramp.

Been there done that no joy.  The finicky firearm in question is a Springfield Ronin EMP 3".  It just seems to be a combination of things being a geometry problem with the steep climb, pressure of a full mag and the bullet shape.  It doesn't hang up every time and only when using the slide release on a full mag, sometimes.  Enough to make me worry about a mag change.  I guess I could down-load the spare mag to see if that works any better but haven't tried that yet.

11 minutes ago, SmokenClay said:

Been there done that no joy.  The finicky firearm in question is a Springfield Ronin EMP 3".  It just seems to be a combination of things being a geometry problem with the steep climb, pressure of a full mag and the bullet shape.  It doesn't hang up every time and only when using the slide release on a full mag, sometimes.  Enough to make me worry about a mag change.  I guess I could down-load the spare mag to see if that works any better but haven't tried that yet.

Try different mags?  Had issues with my Kimber 1911 9mm and I changed to Mec Gar mags and they feed much better.

2 minutes ago, Krdshrk said:

Try different mags?

Where were you guys this morning?  I literally just got home from the range not but an hour ago.  I will certainly try different mags next week and see how that works out.  Thanks!

Critical Defense in the M&P Shield Plus and HK P30sk.

19 hours ago, SmokenClay said:

Where were you guys this morning?  I literally just got home from the range not but an hour ago.  I will certainly try different mags next week and see how that works out.  Thanks!

If you do find some mags that work, get a micrometer and check the spacing of the feed lips. You may be able to tune the problem mags so they work properly.