45 Auto Recommendations

[doughnut]

I'm looking for a round to carry. My current choice is a Speer Gold Dot 200gr. +P but it's becoming impossible to find local. This will be for CCW fired from a 4" barrel. What do you guys suggest?

[TGO David]

Hornady TAP and the new Cor-Bon DPX rounds are both really good from what I've read.

[Guest triggertime]

Corbon DPX is harder to find locally than Speer Gold Dot, but that's what I'd suggest.

[Guest 2HOW]

I carry 230+p gold dots ,but Rangers and Hyda-shocks are good. I would probably go with the Rangers. Its hard to beat a Gold dot. Any good bonded bullet.

[Guest Mugster]

Walmart winchester 230gr USA hollow points is a good choice.

Gold dots are probably the best hp's money can buy, but speer ammo is expensive. I'd stay away from hydra-shocks, they actually suck pretty bad. Although at 230 grains, it probably doesn't make a whole lot of difference if the bullet hangs together or not

[Guest bkelm18]

I carry Federal HSTs. Pretty good round from what I've seen.

[doughnut]

Thanks for the replies, I've shot DPX a little and I like it. I found some 230gr. Gold Dots today and I picked up a box of DPX as well to try out. I appreciate all of the suggestions.

[Rightwinger]

Another Hornady TAP recommendation. I have shot Corbon ammo in my 458 AR and I would qualify it as excellent. Bill Wilson at Wilson Combat shoots the Corbon and I reckon he could afford to shoot pretty much anything he wants to.

I'm getting ready to start working up reloads in .45 so I think once I get a good load data, I'll switch to that. After you shoot a couple of hundred of your own loadings you really start to trust them. I shoot better in my big bore rifles now that I don't buy much factory. Of late I just shot factory to generate brass and practice. Now that I'm comfortable with my reloads I'll probably just buy brass when these are to stretched to use anymore.

[Guest IceBreakerG]

I have a box of Federal Hydra-Shocks for CCW use. Haven't had to use them, so I can't say how good they are lol. But Hydra-Shocks are supposed to be really good. About $25 for a 20rd box at Walmart.

[Guest C-ya]

I'm looking for a round to carry. My current choice is a Speer Gold Dot 200gr. +P but it's becoming impossible to find local. This will be for CCW fired from a 4" barrel. What do you guys suggest?

I haven't ordered from them yet, but a fellow member here recommended them. They have great prices for HP's, including CCI. (Unless someone else is making Gold Dots.)

http://www.georgia-arms.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=3212&Page=1

Oops - just noticed they don't have 200 gr.

[molonlabetn]

50rd of Speer G-D 200gr +p for $27.95: http://ammunitiontogo.com/catalog1/product_info.php?pName=50rds-45-acp-speer-gold-dot-200gr-p-hp-ammo&cName=45-acp-hollow-point-ammo

[The Rabbi]

Ball.

When it comes to .45acp it doesn't much matter. All of them are likely to be effective. I've got some Taurus copper bullets in the shop that one member here tells me was the only deer he ever killed with a 1911.

[doughnut]

thanks guys

[Guest nj.piney]

check ammunitiontogo.com they are selling 9mm 124 grain speer gold dot h.p. for

23dollars for a box of fifty they also have 45 acp for reasonable prices.

[Guest 2HOW]

My Gold Dots are from Georgia Arms and I really like them.

[molonlabetn]

I plan on trying out some of Georgia Arms defensive ammunition in 9mm, .357sig, .38spl, and .45acp in the near future...

[doughnut]

I had some of GA Arms .40S&W +P 180.gr Gold Dots and they functioned flawlessly through my Sig 229.

[Im Neero]

I would not recommend Hydra-Shoks. They are getting impossible to find too.

[strickj]

yeah what they said!

a .45acp anything is what you need,its kinda like a 10gauge,you could stuff golfballs in there and it would work.

but i do use: http://ammunitiontogo.com/catalog1/product_info.php?pName=50rds-45-acp-federal-le-tactical-bonded-230gr-p-hp-ammo&cName=45-acp-hollow-point-ammo a bonded hp is the one to have imho

[Guest Mugster]

I would not recommend Hydra-Shoks. They are getting impossible to find too.

+1...the .45acp hydra-shoks that i've fooled around with have issues. Although, anything in 230gr .451 that comes out of the bore is likely to work.

Speer gold dot's are about the best hp bullet. The speer loading works works well in 230gr.

I think hard ball is ok as long as you have a good idea what it will do penetration wise. Over ball I'd pick a handloaded 250gr semi-wadcutter I think if they feed ok.

A good budget choice is this...darn good ammo for the money...I'll bet the bullet is bonded too (get em at walmart):

http://www.winchester.com/products/catalog/handgundetail.aspx?symbol=USA45JHP&cart=NDUgQXV0b21hdGlj&use=3

[Guest C-ya]

A good budget choice is this...darn good ammo for the money...I'll bet the bullet is bonded too (get em at walmart):

http://www.winchester.com/products/catalog/handgundetail.aspx?symbol=USA45JHP&cart=NDUgQXV0b21hdGlj&use=3

Just picked up a box yesterday at my local WW for $23.58 + tax for 50. I also got a box of 50 Blazer Brass FMJ for $11.97 + tax. Not too bad, plus they both have good reloadable brass.

[strickj]

is that winchester bonded for sure?i only use bonded for carry

[RASHGUNNER]

I really like the Corbon 200 grain JHP if it will feed in your pistol. If this will not feed then the 230 gr Hydrashock works well and feeds easier in most pistols.

[molonlabetn]

If I were to use ball ammo for defensive purposes, I would prefer to use a 185gr load simply because the lighter bullet will (over)penetrate less than the heavier one with the same frontal cross-section.

[Ernest.T.Bass]

Corbon 185 JHP from my my USP Compact 45 really make a milk jug full of water go squish. My daughter nicked the census man with one and he ain't been back either.