Sufficient may be debatable, but the FBI’s standard is a minimum of 12” in 10% calibrated ordnance gelatin. ![]() This allows the bullet to indirectly disrupt the central nervous system due to blood pressure or blood volume loss. For a JHP bullet to be effective against a determined human aggressor, it must achieve sufficient penetration to reach and damage vital organs and major blood vessels. The most important criterion regarding terminal performance is penetration. However, if this persists with JHP ammo, consider an alternative. If a cartridge load does not cycle reliably in your weapon, you shouldn’t depend on it to save your life.ĭuring the break-in period for a new handgun, it’s not uncommon to experience a few stoppages in the first 100-200 rounds of FMJ. ![]() The priority when selecting ammo for your home-defense handgun or CCW (concealed-carry weapon) is functional reliability. When you’re selecting ammunition for personal defense, there are several criteria you need to consider. Traditionally associated with a centerfire rifle, rimfire rifle, and shotgun ammunition, the company introduced Critical Defense for those who own centerfire handguns for home defense and concealed carry. I've since found "defensive ammo" from another manufacturer that I've deemed trustworthy.Hornady is a well-known name in the firearms industry, producing high-quality ammunition and cartridge components in a wide range of calibers. I won't even get started on if that hypothetical defensive situation played out in public. I'm really, REALLY glad that the first weapon I'd grab is a 870 tactical, and the second is a G19. Yeah, if that "bump in the night" started shooting at me, instead of running away, I'd be dead. Well with that ammo's trend - 3 misses at 15 feet, and then a failure to fire. In my home, I'd likely be defending myself from that "bump in the night" from 15-25 feet from my primary defensive position. We saw a painfully obvious full strike on the primer, completely identical to the other 3 spent shells that had landed on the bench, and the range officer disposed of the dud accordingly. I took a look at my watch, and waited about a minute with the gun pointed downrange while getting the attention of a range officer - which after that I dropped the mag, and ejected the round. So at this point I'm a little confused, but I take aim again and squeeze. Now, I'm not a professional or anything, I've only taken a couple pistol classes, but I can EASILY hit a human sized torso at 15 feet, and almost as easily punch keyholes all over the target with ball ammo, and other defensive ammo I've tested. My first 3 shots felt fine, the gun cycled no problem, but I didn't hit the target at all! I have no idea where they went. ![]() Then I changed my silhouette (full size), set it about 15 feet away (same distance as my first 30), and loaded the first magazine of Critical Defense. The G19 was running flawlessly (no surprise there), and I was shooting pretty well too. So I warmed up with 30 rounds of Magtech 115g FMJ I had in my range bag, gun was clean and lubed prior. Well, I received zero response, so here's what happened.īased on prior recommendations, I bought a few boxes of Hornady CD 115g, obviously for home defense, and like everybody should do - I wanted to run a mag or two through my stock G19 to verify that my gun and ammo get along. So, this happened about a month ago, and I wanted to wait until after speaking with the manufacturer before I posted a story about.
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