This is the best advise of all, all those rounds are good and in all probability will perform to expectations when you need them to so long as your exact gun functions properly with them, it could be the best cartridge in the world and it wouldn't matter if your gun chokes on them...I have the Federal in my 9mm at home but carry Hornady TAP in my carry .45Also with whatever choice you make spend the money to put at least 100 rounds through your gun to ensure reliable operation with that round. An SD scenario is not when you want to find out your gun doesn't like that load.
Federal Hydra-Shok...the one in the middleI remember seeing a bullet several years ago that looked like it had a pencil lead in the center of it. I'm pretty sure it was a 9mm round. Does anyone know what that was called?
Shoot the fucker in the head
BAT produce an impressive wound channel, and the humans shot with it were generally incapacitated.
FMJ are the least effective due to no expansion on impact, and head shots are way to difficult in high stress scenarios to rely on them...
True, however a FMJ tends to punch straight through without causing peripheral damage like an expanding round would, increasing the likely hood of disrupting vital bodily functions...someone posted a youtube video yesterday of a guy who shot himself in the stomach with an M1 Garand FMJ round getting it cleaned, it went right through, had it been a soft point/hollow point I doubt he would have made itThe stopping power of any handgun bullet turns out to be a function of its ability to disrupt vital bodily functions, not the diameter or weight or initial shape of the bullet that strikes the victim.
True, however a FMJ tends to punch straight through without causing peripheral damage like an expanding round would, increasing the likely hood of disrupting vital bodily functions...someone posted a youtube video yesterday of a guy who shot himself in the stomach with an M1 Garand FMJ round getting it cleaned, it went right through, had it been a soft point/hollow point I doubt he would have made it
This is the best advise of all, all those rounds are good and in all probability will perform to expectations when you need them to so long as your exact gun functions properly with them, it could be the best cartridge in the world and it wouldn't matter if your gun chokes on them...I have the Federal in my 9mm at home but carry Hornady TAP in my carry .45
A sub-munition? What does that have to do with 9mm?Brilliant Anti-Armor (BAT)
Enough said
General target shooting use the cheap stuff, but get 4-5 boxes of the good stuff then run 2-3 through your gun to make sure they function properly, keep the rest for carry purposes I'm not average around here so can't afford to shoot the expensive stuff everyday either, but I've picked up 5 boxes of TAP when I bought my .45 3 years ago and still have 2 boxes left to keep my mags loaded when I'm not target shootingNice in theory, not so viable in reality. Buying ammo online, in bulk etc, you're generally looking at $20+ per box of 50 for 9mm defensive ammo, if you get the LE packs and so on. Buying at retail prices or for anything bigger than 9mm you're talking about $100+ worth of ammo.
Of course like everyone else in ATOT I make a million dollars an hour so it's no issue for me. Just trying to empathize with the 99%.
A sub-munition? What does that have to do with 9mm?
General target shooting use the cheap stuff, but get 4-5 boxes of the good stuff then run 2-3 through your gun to make sure they function properly, keep the rest for carry purposes I'm not average around here so can't afford to shoot the expensive stuff everyday either, but I've picked up 5 boxes of TAP when I bought my .45 3 years ago and still have 2 boxes left to keep my mags loaded when I'm not target shooting
Obscure/rare round and not readily available to anyone so not in the running...and from what I've found BAT stood for Blitz Action TraumaNo it is made by Gecko and its 9mm
Obscure/rare round and not readily available to anyone so not in the running...and from what I've found BAT stood for Blitz Action Trauma
And more bullet pics I think the fourth row down on the right is the Gecko round you mention
Armor-piercing Belgian FN 5.7mm SS190 bullet, which has core made partly of steel (front) and partly of aluminum (rear).
Whatever feeds through your gun most reliably.
The real answer is whichever round you can put on target most reliably and repeatedly.
I think I'm currently running the HST 147gr in my M&Pc. I'll probably get the ranger bonded next time I grab some defense loads.
No but they are made by Federal as well...what is hst?
hydro-shocks?