your personal self defense ammo

Yep three solid hits with a .22 beats 3 grazing rounds of anything less than a .50 cal 709 grain slug...

 

currently using hornady tap personal defense, .40s&w, 180grain jacketed hollow point, but recently bought a few boxes of corbon thunder ranch dpx defensive ammunition utilizing a barnes tac-xp 140 grain hollow point........... but for a handload i'm trying to get a 200 grain hornady jhp set-up. now once I get if figured out it will kick some major tail.

 

what? No 9x18 mak? No 7.62x25 nor .25acp? personally, i'd go with a 12 gauge with flechettes but since my boating accident near Zug Island in the Detroit River where all my guns and most of my ammunition fell over board into the bottomless muck/sludge/toxic waste. I will have to stick with knife that has a gut hook.

 

Vis I was thinking the same with .50AE, .500 s&w, .44 mag, .357 mag, .45 long colt, and a few more that could be very good for personal defense, One that I'm really suprised at was nobody said .38+p. differant times now I reckon.

 

Probably like my boating accident. I was headed out for a day to fish and then make my way to the deer lease to hunt and shoot when the boat got hit with a huge wave and my gun locker went overboard. Flimsy bass boats. Never take a bass boat out into uncertain surf conditions.

 

I usually have a shot load in the spout then alternate HP and ball or FN. Depends on what kind of penetration you want at the time. HMMM, can't take ANYONES advice experience only. HMMM I won't listen to you either. hahaha

 

I'll stick with .45 myself in my 1911's and XD's. I use Winchester Ranger 230gr.

 

All my .45's now are handloads - mostly 230 grain hardball, with a smaller amount of 185 grain XTP hollow points. Tested in MY pistol, to function and shoot to point of aim. I trust them.
My Remmy 870 gets fed whatever factory loads are needed for the application at hand.

Caliber and bullet type don't matter nearly as much as shot placement - a hit with a .22Short will ruin your day more than the miss with a .44Magnum....

 

The key is don't miss with the freakin .44 magnum..............................

 

Well, in some cases, hitting the perp with a burst of small caliber zingers can be more fun than simply blowing him out of his felony shoes.......

 

Who cares what ammo you use ?/ As only hits count . If I need to shoot you I'm going to shoot you more than once with what ever I have . I'm going to aim for the biggest part of you I can see , when my gun runs dry I'm going to move and reload and start shooting till your down and dead .

HP's or FMJ's it sucks to be shot .

 

Caliber and bullet type don't matter nearly as much as shot

True but a near miss with a 44 mag will really mess up your laundry....

 

Tell me how that works when your fine motor skills go to **** . Pipe dream .

 

Personally, I find that something in a .729 caliber has a rather soothing effect on the mind....( 18.5mm) It does not have to hit the "target" directly, close does count with these! Shazaam!

 

yeah but carrying around something that would shoot that round,there inlies the problem........people would be asking you is that hulk hogan in your pocket or are you just extremely happy to see me.

 

You guys remember this one? I'm surprised that someone in a passing car didn't get clipped. The video makes me think of the chapter in Patriots about the two brothers.

YouTube - Wilmington Traffic Stop Shootout (Full Version)

Compare and contrast:

YouTube - Routine traffic stop ends in shootout.flv

Shot placement is more critical that ammo IMO.

 

http://www.defensereview.com/1_31_2004/FRAG%2012.pdf

Now that's a 12 gauge round.
The newer versions can be loaded easily into pump shotguns in 3 inch shells.
Original ones were 2 3/4 inch and had less than the recoil of a slug or even a full 1 ounce load of no. 7 1/2 shot. First tests recorded velocities in fully loaded rounds up to 1600 fps.
The ones "we" tested were ONLY able to be loaded like the old M-79 launchers, in a breech break action single shot...due to fuzing. That since has been changed and now they are safe to load: several rounds ( 5-7) in any pump action.
Bless their hearts!