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Speer Gold Dots
The 62 grain/64 grain Gold Dots are an excellent choice for a duty/self defense load. These Gold Dots are available as factory loaded ammunition in the Speer LE line and the Speer Person Protection line as well as Federal’s Fusion and Fusion MSR lines. If you’re a hand-loader, the 62 grain Gold Dot is also available as a reloading component.
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Left to right: 1. 62 grain Fusion, 2. 62 grain Gold Dot, 3. 64 grain Gold Dot, 4. 75 grain Gold Dot
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The terminal ballistic properties of the 62 grain/64 grain Gold Dots approach that of the 62 grain Trophy Bonded Bear Claw.
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As mentioned above, the 62 grain Gold Dot is available as a reloading component. When hand-loaded and fired from an AR-15 with a match-grade barrel, it can produce true match-grade accuracy/precision.
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The factory loaded Speer 64 grain Gold Dot ammunition has produced some of the most consistent accuracy of any of the factory bonded soft-point loads that I’ve tested. Three 10-shot groups of the Speer LE 64 grain Gold Dots fired in a row had extreme spreads that measured:
1.11”
0.91”
1.30”
for a 10-shot average extreme spread of 1.12”! I over-layed those three groups on each other using RSI Shooting Lab to form a 30-shot composite group. The composite group had a mean radius of 0.33”.
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The factory loaded ammunition using the 62 grain Gold Dot has also produced good very good accuracy/precision for a bonded soft-point fired from an AR-15.
Federal 62 Grain Fusion vs Federal 62 Grain Fusion MSR vs Speer LE 62 Grain Gold Dot
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The muzzle velocities shown in the tables below were obtained back-to-back during the same chronograph session using recent lots of all three of the Fusion/Gold Dot loads chrongographed.
Atmospheric Conditions
Temperature: 73 degrees F (plus or minus one degree)
Barometric Pressure: 29.68 inches of Hg
Humidity: 62%
Altitude: 950 feet above sea level
Muzzle velocities from a 20” Colt M16A2 barrel with a NATO chamber, chrome lining and a 1:7” twist.
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Muzzle velocities from a 14.5 Noveske N4 light barrel with a NATO chamber, chrome lining and a 1:7’ twist.
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10-shot groups were fired from one of my precision AR-15s with a Lothar-Walther barrel with a 223 Wylde chamber and a 1:8” twist. The groups were fired from the bench at a distance of 100 yards with the same sight settings on the scope for each of the three groups.
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Can always count on Molon to deliver good and thorough information! Thanks!
Molon, would you say it's a reasonable interpretation to say that for most non-Designated Marksman or Scout-Sniper roles the three rounds are functionally interchangeable and choosing between them is a matter of which offers best price at the moment?