Personally, I carry the cheapest name brand hollow points I can find at the counter. Never bought into the extra special "defensive ammo" thing. I don't find myself shooting the fancy ammo at the range because it's so dang expensive and instead usually just buy some regular ammo instead. Plus, the HSTs and Gold Dots and whatnot come in 20 round boxes or something like that so you have to drop some serious coin to get a few mags worth of practice. Total ripoff if you ask me.
If you've got quarters coming out of your ears, then I'm sure you get lots of practice at the range using the same ammo you carry.
If you've got quarters coming out of your ears, then I'm sure you get lots of practice at the range using the same ammo you carry.