d_holliday
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A bullet in a vital area is deadly. Period. It does not matter what design that bullet is.
I have several 9mm pistols and all shoot both jacketed and every HP I have put in them. Including 90grn HPs and 100grn FMJ intended for .380s.
That being said, I have seen some get picky about what size bullet and what design bullet the will cycle reliably.
The best one for the one you get? The one it shoots the most reliably and accurate that you are confident with. It does not matter what design the bullet is if you can not hit a vital spot when you need to. Period.
Try telling combat vets that a FMJ is not deadly. And get prepared to be laughed at.
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Remember a .45 ACP bullet has greater frontal area than a 9mm bullet so a 9mm bullet may need some help expanding in the body of a bad hombre to get decent stopping power. FMJ might be great as a man-stopper in 45, but what is its reputation in 9? Federal Premium HST looks promising for terminal ballistic performance but I would have to test it and other ammo out at the range for every gun I buy, borrow or rent and test at the range first. The gun with a given load has to be acceptably accurate and even reliable at feeding the fodder.
This 9mm HST fodder is listed retail nearly $30 a box of 20 at Federal's website.
A buck fifty a pop...ouch in the wallet!
Makes for expensive testing and practice at the range.
There was a time you could get 50 rounds of .45 ACP FMJ for next to nothing. I've owned three Colt Govt. Models over my lifetime. I need a compact pistol these days for concealed carry, however. It's got to be a "wondernine" of sorts with "wondernine" ammo.
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