9mm HD ammo recommendations.

[Raptor3000]

Hi Guys,

Please recommend some good home defense 9mm ammo.

thanks

[davidb]

I like hornady xtp and ftx

[HK416]

Federal HST

[gsxr310]

speer gold dots

[NATEWA]

Federal HST

This in 124 grain. Also like hornady.

[calif 15-22]

Federal HST 147gr

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[tanks]

Winchester SXT (aka black Talon) 147gr.

[kszaid]

+1 for Federal HST's. I have them in my Glock and Sig.

[XDJYo]

Check out tnoutdoors for his youtube videos. Pretty detailed reviews of a lot of ammo including gel tests, velocity testing and a variety of different handguns etc.

I am using Gold Dot 124 grain +P (I think). Actually, it's in the wife's Glock 19.

I use Gold Dots 230 grain in my 1911.

Hope you find what works for you in your pistol.

Happy shooting and be safe.

[funk_drum]

Can anyone find 147 gr hst? Guessing home defense gun isn't a small one so you don't have to worry about short barrel performance? Hst is nice and critical defense.

[Mossy Man]

Federal HST

This in 124 grain. Also like hornady.

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[L84CABO]

Federal HST 147gr

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+1...except 124gr is very nice too. And I just got done looking at this because I picked up an XDS 3.3 in 9mm and was concerned about my ammo functioning well in a short barreled pistol. The Federal HST 124gr performed flawlessly in a shorter barrel.

Suggest you google the Fed HST. You'll be very impressed with what you find. This will get you started...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lGqdMdbir0

[Visto]

Federal HST, Gold Dots, Hornady Critical Defense, Remington Sabres

Cool thing about Critical Defense/Duty and Sabres are you can sometimes find them for .50 cents a round so if you want to stockpile or practice a lot, it might be easier on your wallet. If youre shooting from a 3" barrel you should favor +P but then you have more recoil in a smaller gun, there is always a trade off. There are some standard pressure SD rounds that do fine in short barrels but I haven't been keeping up with the new SD ammo, it might be the 124 HST but I'm not sure on that.

[funk_drum]

+1...except 124gr is very nice too. And I just got done looking at this because I picked up an XDS 3.3 in 9mm and was concerned about my ammo functioning well in a short barreled pistol. The Federal HST 124gr performed flawlessly in a shorter barrel.

Suggest you google the Fed HST. You'll be very impressed with what you find. This will get you started...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lGqdMdbir0

There is a guy on youtube testing self defense ammo out of a 3" barrel gun. I was interested because I carry a 3.3 too. The HST was a top performer out of that little barrel. Also the 147 gr Winchester W Defend round. It's part of the train-defend line. The Winchester penetrated a little better than the HST, but the hst opened a bit more on average. He tested Hornady critical defense and critical duty. The duty over-penetrated because it didn't get the velocity to open properly. The critical critical defense was good, but the hst and Winchester W Defend performed better through 4 layers of denim into gel. Search Ammo Quest 9mm on youtube.

[Raptor3000]

Thank you guys.

Forgot to mention I will be using Glock 34 gen3 for HD.