HD ammo for Gl21....

[deathrunner60]

[WMG]

the 230gr gold dot is my 45acp bullet for HD/SD/ETC.

[srt2806]

The beauty of the 45acp is that you don't really need special ammo for home defense. Ball ammo will work and remember shot placement. Flame suit on.

[m850168]

[559BearDown]

230g HST

[meno377]

The beauty of the 45acp is that you don't really need special ammo for home defense. Ball ammo will work and remember shot placement. Flame suit on.

Blasphemy!

[meno377]

Good stuff OP as 559BearDown already suggested.

[Cokebottle]

the 230gr gold dot is my 45acp bullet for HD/SD/ETC.

230gr Federal HST
230gr Speer Gold Dot
230gr Winchester Ranger-T

Any of these.

[StuckInTheP.R.O.Ca]

230g HST

Same here. 200 grain gold dot +p prior to getting some HSTs.

[Rez805]

A couple of points that often come up are expansion and penetration.

Lucky Gunner gel tested quite a few handgun rounds for expansion and penetration--keep in mind that they used 3.64" barrel so your velocity might differ. That in turn could affect expansion/penetration. Here is a link to their .45 ACP results:

https://www.luckygunner.com/labs/self-defense-ammo-ballistic-tests/#45ACP

If nothing else . . . you get to see some really neat pictures.

[Notpc]

What Rez said!

[H3baton]

My buddy had a negligent discharge at his room. 45 acp Federal HST 230g round.
It went through his computer screen and the bullet was stuck in the wall right behind. Bullet did not leave the room. I went to see it in person and I was surprised how low the penetration was. I think HST is a great HD round based on what I have seen.

[H3baton]

His gun was 1911 5 inch barrel

[Stuttgart]

Professional off duty Brazilian police officer round of choice.

[shakyshoot]

Yes, they all fall to ball. But they will fall faster and harder to Federal HST's. With the reasonable prices available on 50 rd boxes, the only reason I can see to use ball ammo would be if you have a gun that won't reliably feed hollow points. In that case a better option than using ball ammo would be to get a different gun and some Federal HST's.