Your favorite .45 ACP carry round

[usmcluke]

I will be carrying more and more now since the world has gone fucking crazy and was wondering what you guys have found to be the best .45 round for carrying. Looking for something that won't zip right through the target and take out innocents. Educate me please.

Will be carried in a Kimber Ultra Carry II.

[Honneur 05]

Speer Gold-Dots or Winchester Ranger-T's

[Dawkins]

Hydra-Shok....

[ThreeFingerPete]

Ranger SXT +P in my defense gun right now.

[Spector93]

Hydra-Shok....
X2

[AEA]

Hydra-Shok....
X3 for Hydra-Shok 230 grain HP's

[Cmarsh93z]

Corbon +p .45acp

[Strychnine]

X3 for Hydra-Shok 230 grain HP's

Make that a x4.

When I am not at the range my 1911 is full of 230gr Hydra-Shoks.

[propellerhead]

I carry Winchester Ranger SXTs. If you look at all the tests you can find online, you'll realize all the namebrand ammo perform about the same. None are absolutely perfectly consistent, so everyone's test will show slightly different results but all within the "effective" range. Given they're all about the same... here's how I decided.

Winchester Ranger SXTs... about $20 for a box of 50.
All other namebrand ammo... about $20 for a box of 20.

[Trip McNeely]

Anybody shot the Hornady XTP?

[Treadhead]

The free ones I get from work! I think the are Speer Gold Dots or Lawman or something. Best thing is they are free.

[GT Dan]

The free ones I get from work! I think the are Speer Gold Dots or Lawman or something. Best thing is they are free.

and you aren't sharing because.....?

[krazyh0rse]

some hydrashoks and some gold hollow points with a serrated edge someone gave me mean looking fuckers though

[Treadhead]

and you aren't sharing because.....?


Because they only give me enough to fill my mags unfortunately.

[topher]

Make that a x4.

When I am not at the range my 1911 is full of 230gr Hydra-Shoks.
X5

Anybody shot the Hornady XTP?
I have seen some good ballistic write ups. I am running their TAP ammo through my AR and took down a 130lb hog at 30 yards with one shot. I am very impressed with the results, but they are not cheep.

[red04gt]

Because they only give me enough to fill my mags unfortunately.
Do they give you enough to go to the gun range?

[GT Dan]

Because they only give me enough to fill my mags unfortunately.

lmao... thats no fun...

Do you really need +P ammo for home protestion when you are shooting a .45 in the first place?

[krazyh0rse]

lmao... thats no fun...

Do you really need +P ammo for home protestion when you are shooting a .45 in the first place?


when you got a bullet sitting in some perps guts dont you want it to be the most wicked thing around

[GT Dan]

when you got a bullet sitting in some perps guts dont you want it to be the most wicked thing around

sure, I agree... from my perspective, if you shoot someone with a .45 caliber bullet, its going to do a shitload of damage as it is... when you add, hollow point or bonded, its only gonna be worse...

I guess the point is, you want maximum damage from each round regardless of whether its one or five...

Guess I need to go buy some premium stuff for home... :)

[evil jose]

Hydra-Shok FTW!

http://www.hipowersandhandguns.com/P220ammo_files/image020.jpg

Sometimes I'll buy the 50ct. box of Silvertips if I can find them cheap just to keep some quantity on hand.

[Casper]

I have some 250gr cast keith wadcutters that I think would be awesome for defense, but I don't know if they would feed well in a semi.

[Treadhead]

Do they give you enough to go to the gun range?

We get 100rds a month if we want it but, you have to use it at our range only and they usually have so many classes and crap going on that it's hard to find a time to go.

[Treadhead]

lmao... thats no fun...

Do you really need +P ammo for home protestion when you are shooting a .45 in the first place?


Your every day quality name brand hollowpoint .45ACP will make them quite dead.

[red04gt]

Where do you work at a buddy in the dallas pd said they aren't allowed to use anything bigger than a .357 sig.

[propellerhead]

My source for Winchester Ranger SXTs...

New Factory Winchester Ranger Ammo
I have the Winchester Ranger ammo available in the below listed calibers. Ammo is brand new. The handgun ammo is in 50 round boxes and the 12ga 00 Buck and Rifle Slugs are in 5 round boxes.

I do offer case discounts. A case of the handgun ammo consists of 500 rounds and the shotgun ammo 250 rounds.

Prices are plus UPS shipping. When contacting me concerning the ammo I will need quantity you are interested in and your zip code and I will furnish you with a total. Money order, cashiers check or personal check as payment please. No Paypal. I am in Florida.

RA380T - 380acp 95gr - $24.00
RA9T - 9mm 147gr - $20.00
RA9TA - 9mm 127gr+P+ - $20.00
RA9124TP - 9mm 124gr+P - $20.00
RA9BA - 9mm 124gr+P Bonded - 24.00
RA40TA - 40s&w 165gr - $22.00 - $18.00 ON SALE WHILE SUPPLY LASTS
RA40T - 40s&w 180gr - $22.00
RA40BA - 40s&w 165gr Bonded - $25.00
RA357SIGT - 357sig 125gr - $23.00
RA357SB - 357sig 125gr Bonded - $25.00
RA45T - 45acp 230gr - $26.00
RA45TP - 45acp 230gr+P - $26.00
RA45B - 45acp 230gr Bonded - $27.00
RA45GT - 45GAP 230gr - $25.00
RA12005 - 12ga 9 Pellet Low Recoil 00 Buckshot - $3.00
RA12RS - 12ga Low Recoil 1oz Rifle Slug - $3.00

If you are interested in getting some of the Ranger ammo, please contact me at jwkpatrick@yahoo.com.

http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=246204

[Treadhead]

Where do you work at a buddy in the dallas pd said they aren't allowed to use anything bigger than a .357 sig.

If you were asking me, FWPD.

[red04gt]

If you were asking me, FWPD.
Ya, how do you like it? I'm applying to Dallas at the end of the month.

[Treadhead]

I love it. Best job I've ever had!