Favorite self defense ammo .45??

[ray76]

I use Hydra shok JHP 230

 

[mmcbeat]

I pretty much go with Gold Dots across the board regardless of caliber. Good self defense round.

 

[338Shooter]

Was carrying gold dots, but now I switched to 230gr HST. Got a good deal on them from an OSA member as well.

 

[Bandit656]

For personal defense, and hunting, I use the 185 grain +P gold dots by speer. I took two does with my Kimber last year. Made a complete pass thru on both at 15 yds. One ran about 30 yds, and the other went down on the spot.
Plenty of penetration, and the internal damage on both was pretty ugly.

Glad I reviewed the regs before sticking my foot in my mouth. Haven't shot a deer in 3 yrs so I could duck hunt exclusively. Glad to see the new allowance for semi autos as I am back on a lease that has bonus depradtion tags. Am planning on testing various chamberings on does. I think that effectiveness on deer is a pretty good test medium. Congrats on what looks like sensible and ethical use of this load for harvesting.

 

[jhat]

Winchester PDX1 230 gr.

 

[dennishoddy]

Wow! what a selection! Anybody do any autopsy's on what you've killed?

For the record, I've killed three deer with the .45ACP full size 1911, and had complete pass thru on two of them, and recoverd one bullet fully mushroomed in an opposite front quarter, after taking an angle shot.
All three were shot with Georgia arms 185 grain +P speer gold dot HP, running 1100FPS.
Taking the quartering shot, the doe never moved. Fell over, and died. The other two made 20 yds.

I'm not sure what the FMJ would do in this case, but hunting deer, the FMJ would be illegal.

I do have a pic of the recovered bullet and have posted it in the past, but will look it up again.

 

[RickN]

In my old Ballester Molina, round nose lead or fmj because that is all it will handle reliably. In any 45 that can handle them, the old CCI Lawman 200 grain HP when I can find them.

 

[ldp4570]

I don't carry a 45, but my dad does. We looked into this a bit on the internet. My vote would be for the T-series Ranger ammo. That's what I have in my 40 S&W as well.

Here's a pic of the expansion of a T-series 45 ACP shot into water.

This is a great thread about the Winchesters. Scroll about half way down for some great pictures.
Thread about T-Series Ranger and PDX1

These are nothing more than "Black Talons" without the paint. I have several boxes of these, and my SW 3913 stays loaded with "Black Talon" 124gr loads.

 

[RaysZ71]

I still like those golddots for these and 9mm. btw, what ever happened to hydrashoks? that used to be the cream back in the day.

I still use them, love them.

 

[BadgeBunny]

Wow! what a selection! Anybody do any autopsy's on what you've killed?

For the record, I've killed three deer with the .45ACP full size 1911, and had complete pass thru on two of them, and recoverd one bullet fully mushroomed in an opposite front quarter, after taking an angle shot.
All three were shot with Georgia arms 185 grain +P speer gold dot HP, running 1100FPS.
Taking the quartering shot, the doe never moved. Fell over, and died. The other two made 20 yds.

I'm not sure what the FMJ would do in this case, but hunting deer, the FMJ would be illegal.

I do have a pic of the recovered bullet and have posted it in the past, but will look it up again.

GC went to a ballistic class a few years back. They shot a lot of gelatin with different "covers" ... brought home all the literature so I could read it. Neither of us have carried anything but GoldDot since.