.45acp Ammo?

[swampdragon]

What is your favorite .45acp ammo for defensive purposes?

I've tried Federal Hydra Shok 230 gr.
Some Remington Golden Sabers, and a few others.

What do you like?

[ready]

I'm not real picky. My .45 has mixture of ball, Golden Saber +P's, Gold Dots and Winchester Bonded HP's. Somethings gotta work, right?

[abpt1]

What is your favorite .45acp ammo for defensive purposes?

I've tried Federal Hydra Shok 230 gr.
Some Remington Golden Sabers, and a few others.

What do you like?

230gr gold dots

[O.S.O.K.]

230 grain anything - the 45 ACP made its manstopper name with ball ammo. I figure anything that expands at all will do - and I don't feel a bit under armed with ball ammo.

[old Grump]

Store bought I use 230 gr hardball, home rolled I use 230 gr LRN except my mold throws a little bit light like 226, I doubt if anybody will notice the difference. I have a quantity of 200 gr LSWC but I'm a dinosaur, I like big and heavy.

Nothing against the others but I get complete reliability in my old gun shooting this stuff and reliable means more to me than a little bit of expansion when the entrance hole is already nearly half an inch wide. If I need a bigger hole I can stick my finger in the hole and wiggle it around till it stretches out a little bit.

[TEN-32]

Just make sure its 230 grain, bonded, hollow point, and made by a reputable manufacturer. I prefer Gold Dot.

[mriddick]

I still use 230 ball, depending on hole size alone to get me through :) In my 9mm's I use HP's hoping they get to 45 size.

[swampdragon]

230gr seems to be favored here so far for sure.

[hazmat]

I've got Corbon DPX, Pow'r Ball, and Starfire in mine.

[Dan Morris]

LOL, plain ole GI hard ball....I've got several cans of WCC...functions fine and if I ever need it, minute of bad guy is gonna go down!
Dan

[rgmcl]

Home made with 230g Winchester HP's.

[AKTexas]

Gold Dots or Hydra shok but mostly just 230 fmj or lrn for practice.

[NAPOTS]

winchester ranger 230gr +P jhp

[swampdragon]

winchester ranger 230gr +P jhp

I thought Ranger stuff was LEO?
Maybe I'm thinking of something else...

[AKTexas]

I thought Ranger stuff was LEO?
Maybe I'm thinking of something else...

I think only by policy but I have picked some up from CDNN when they had it.

[NewbieAKguy]

I thought Ranger stuff was LEO?
Maybe I'm thinking of something else...

You can get Win. Ranger without being a LEO. Adding to what AKTexas said, CDNN does on occasion have deals on Ranger ammo, so does ammoman.com. I got 9mm Ranger 147gr fmj from ammoman a few months back. Only issue i've heard of is if the actual gunshop itself not selling "LEO" ammo to civilians. I got the LEO .45 acp hydrashoks on gunbroker couple years back for my own stash, same stuff I used to carry on duty.

[NewbieAKguy]

I thought Ranger stuff was LEO?
Maybe I'm thinking of something else...

Stupid net/computer glitch, posted twice.

[l921428x]

I have Speer Gold Dot 230 gr. jhp. Wish I could afford more. I hear that Hornady has some new stuff out that is supposed to be superior to all.
Can't remember what it's called.

[shadow65]

230 gr. Federal HST

[cciota]

230 gr. Winchester Supreme Elite JHP

[Krupski]

What is your favorite .45acp ammo for defensive purposes?

I've tried Federal Hydra Shok 230 gr.
Some Remington Golden Sabers, and a few others.

What do you like?

I plink with UMC Yellow box .45 ACP (230 grain round nose) or Fiocchi 230 grain. For carry it's 230 grain Federal Hydrashocks.

[Krupski]

I thought Ranger stuff was LEO?
Maybe I'm thinking of something else...

Winchester markets Ranger ammo as "LEO Only" but it's just their policy and it means nothing.

[NewbieAKguy]

I have Speer Gold Dot 230 gr. jhp. Wish I could afford more. I hear that Hornady has some new stuff out that is supposed to be superior to all.
Can't remember what it's called.

Their xtp hp is supposed to be really good...think fiocchi uses it in their hp. They also added .45 acp to their critical defense line.

[RJ Shooter]

G.o.l.d. D.o.t.!

[ready]

I don't think you can go wrong with any reputable manufacturer. If you do your part, the bad guy won't notice the difference.

[HDR]

I don't think you can go wrong with any reputable manufacturer. If you do your part, the bad guy won't notice the difference.

As someone who was forced to use plain old HB; trust me, it all works.

[hi_capacity]

Another vote for Winchester Ranger RA45T 230 grain. Boxes are marked as being for law enforcement, but I've found it at more than one supplier.

[Buford T. Justice]

I don't think you can go wrong with any reputable manufacturer. If you do your part, the bad guy won't notice the difference.

^+1

[Prometheus168]

Federal Hydra-Shok 230 grain.

Proven to change a badguys mind.....

Rusty

[gpwasr10]

185 Gr. Winchester Silver Tips

[Paladin]

What is your favorite .45acp ammo for defensive purposes?

I've tried Federal Hydra Shok 230 gr.
Some Remington Golden Sabers, and a few others.

What do you like?

I used to know a guy...

1st mag carried condition 1 and stacked in order, first two to the chest; Black Talon* & Glaser.

Bad guys been showing up with silent partner or other lately, next two to the chest; KTW*, armor piercing, green teflon.

Still a problem, next 4 to pelvis and/or head at discretion; Hensley & Gibbs #68, large meplat, hard cast alloy. They went out of business in '99 but if you want you can still find the mold.

*saved for serious social situations only, never recreation.

[l921428x]

Their xtp hp is supposed to be really good...think fiocchi uses it in their hp. They also added .45 acp to their critical defense line.

Yeah the Critical Defense stuff is what I was thinking of.

[Lysander]

What is your favorite .45acp ammo for defensive purposes?

I've tried Federal Hydra Shok 230 gr.
Some Remington Golden Sabers, and a few others.

What do you like?

185gr Speer Gold Dots during the summer, spring, and early fall out of my Kimber Compact CDP
230gr of the same out of my fullsized 1911s

During late fall and all winter I switched to CorBon Pow'r Ball; 165gr in both.

I'll probably do the same now for 9mm and 40 S&W in Ohio.