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    Quote Originally Posted by DocGKR View Post
    The following loads all demonstrate outstanding terminal performance and can be considered acceptable for duty/self-defense use--I'd be satisfied carrying any of them:

    9 mm:

    Barnes XPB 115 gr JHP (copper bullet)
    Federal Tactical 124 gr JHP (LE9T1)
    Federal HST 124 gr +P JHP (P9HST3)
    Remington Golden Saber 124 gr +P JHP bonded (GSB9MMD)
    Speer Gold Dot 124 gr +P JHP
    Winchester Partition Gold 124 gr JHP (RA91P)
    Winchester Ranger-T 124 gr +P JHP (RA9124TP)
    Winchester Ranger-T 127 gr +P+ JHP (RA9TA)
    Federal Tactical 135 gr +P JHP (LE9T5)
    Federal HST 147 gr JHP (P9HST2)
    Remington Golden Saber 147 gr JHP (GS9MMC)
    Speer Gold Dot 147 gr JHP
    Winchester Ranger-T 147 gr JHP (RA9T)
    Winchester 147 gr bonded JHP (RA9B/Q4364)

    For those looking for the SPEER and Federal LE loads mentioned above, we have them in stock!

    Federal HST P9HST3


    Federal HST P9HST2


    SPEER LE GD53617



    Federal Ammo: http://www.gandrtactical.com/cgi-bin...&category=FEDL

    SPEER Ammo:http://www.gandrtactical.com/cgi-bin...&category=SPEE



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    That quote about .40, isn't that something Kyle Defoor said? Or was it Jason Falla?...
    We miss you, AC.
    We miss you, ToddG.

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    Neither one of those gentlemen made the comment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DocGKR View Post
    No agency has ever asked us to test the 147 gr +P HST, so I don't have any data comparing the two. Let me see if we can get a box and we'll take a look at it.
    I'd also be interested in seeing the test results for this load.

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    For what it's worth, I have a buddy who has 147 and 147+P HST that he let me shoot out of my G26.

    I shot 4 rounds of each in different mags, back to back. Very little difference. I then alternated in the same magazine. Again, very little difference in recoil...and essentially identical POA/POI when shot offhand at 10 yards.

    I should note that both of these are probably the most accurate rounds I've ever fired out of my G26.

    I'm using a new LWD connector, 22lb wolff recoil springs (upgraded from a 20lb set), and a match grade slide lock from TR Graham. I was dead-nutz accurate off-hand at 50 yards. I banged steel silhouettes off-hand at 75 yards repeatedly using both the 147 and 147 +P rounds. I'm really impressed....was getting hits with shots that I think would have been flyers with my issued GDHP 124 +P's.

    Recoil was more mild than with my agency-issue Gold Dot 124gr +P, though both are quite manageable in my G26. A stark contrast between the relationship of GDHP 124 and 124+P... I'm easily able to tell a difference in recoil between those two.

    Looking forward to Doc's terminal data.
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    DocGKR...first, thank you.

    Second, regarding the 9mm 124gr Gold Dot...
    I understand that it does not perform as well as the +P version, but the "numbers" for the standard pressure version don't look too bad and comparable to some rounds that did make your recommended list (I realize that you have said it performs fine).
    Thinking there's more to it, could you expound on it's absence from the list?
    Last edited by TN-popo; 10-05-11 at 08:18.

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    The 124 gr +P worked better... If someone needs a standard pressure 124 gr, then by all means, the Gold Dot is fine.

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    Thanks for the excellent info. Have you ever tested the Speer 115 gr +p+ Gold Dots?

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    Yes. Penetration is a bit shallow and the 124 gr Gold Dots eclipse it.

    You can check it out yourself, using ATK's own data: http://le.atk.com/pdf/GoldDotPoster.pdf

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    Thanks for the further information. =)

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