Gold Dot 230 grain Hollow point

[Pappabear]

I just bought 500 rounds of this ammo. I know there is better out there, but I like to run the ammo through my guns Im going to use for SD / HD. And it sucks to pay $1.00 round at the range. And all my 45 SD ammo has been in and out of multiple guns and just needs to be blasted out and start fresh again. I have different hollow points mixed in the same mag and shit and the cluster took its toll on my conscience.

My gut tells me I wouldn't want to be shot by shit ball ammo, so I think decent HP is probably sufficient but….

My question, would you be comfortable using this ammo for SD?

PB

[Firefly]

I think the only thing debateably better would have been HST 230+Ps.

I tote a .45 despite ot not being "pistolly correct" to do so and I live that 200gr +P GDHP "flying ashtray" life.

I dont think you are at a deficit but thats just my opinion

[Pappabear]

I think the only thing debateably better would have been HST 230+Ps.

I tote a .45 despite ot not being "pistolly correct" to do so and I live that 200gr +P GDHP "flying ashtray" life.

I dont think you are at a deficit but thats just my opinion

"Flying ashtray". I dig it.

PB

[MegademiC]

It's on Doc's list, so yes, I would be confident. I would not hesitate to use it, at all.

[noonesshowmonkey]

My go-to hollow points are Speer Gold Dots, Federal HSTs, and Winchester PDX-1 / Rangers. Whatever I can find.

There's no reason to believe that your gold dots aren't good enough. I don't think that anyone shot in the A-zone will ask you if the round was a Speer Gold Dot, and finding so, decide to continue to fight because it was the wrong brand.

[ralph]

"Flying ashtray". I dig it.

PB

Digging around in my reloading stash, I found a box of 100 Speer 200gr hp's, The old flying ashtray.I'd bought these years ago and forgot I had them...one thing they're useful for is testing to see if your pistol will feed hp's, if it'll feed these, it'll feed anything.

[yoni]

WOW!

Talk about flash back flying ash tray. I will admit that it was my round back in the day before I was forced to carry 9mm and then found out all handgun rounds work or suck depending on the alignment of the stars that day.

[Sensei]

The 230 grain Speer GDHP is a good performing round and on "the list" that can be found on other forums.

Of note, the 200 grain +P GDHP is not on Dr. Roberts' list, and discussion around it several years ago indicated poor terminal performance due to a tendency to plug and not expand. I have the link for those discussions and can PM it to those who are interested. I also recall Dr. Roberts posting that +P rounds in 45 ACP in general offer little in additional terminal performance to offset the increased recoil and wear.

[Pappabear]

The 230 grain Speer GDHP is a good performing round and on "the list" that can be found on other forums.

Of note, the 200 grain +P GDHP is not on Dr. Roberts' list, and discussion around it several years ago indicated poor terminal performance due to a tendency to plug and not expand. I have the link for those discussions and can PM it to those who are interested. I also recall Dr. Roberts posting that +P rounds in 45 ACP in general offer little in additional terminal performance to offset the increased recoil and wear.

Ive never heard of Doc. Love to get a link.

[Wake27]

Ive never heard of Doc. Love to get a link.

He used to be a member here but left. One of the top ballistics experts I think. He's definitely on primary and secondary, I don't know where else. Their 9 is supposed to be some of the best there is I believe. That and HST seem to be like Honda vs Toyota.


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