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poopgiggle

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Need some personal defense ammo recommendations from the experts.

I'm far from an expert, but I carry at least one of these so here goes.

S/W 38 Chief Special snub nose

I treat my Airweight like a special pretty princess so I won't shoot +Ps through it. I carry Federal Nyclads now because they expand at low velocities, but they don't penetrate as well as I'd like in tests so I'm looking into Buffalo Bore's Short Barrel Low Flash hollowpoint semiwadcutters.

If you're willing to shoot +P through your gun, check out Speer's Gold Dot Short Barrel loads.

Dan Wesson 357 mag snub nose
Glock 36

Any modern hollowpoint that will feed. Speer Gold Dot, Federal HST, and Hornady TAP all perform swimmingly in tests.
 

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Speer Gold Dot +P Short Barrel for the snub, Speer Gold Dot or Remington Golde Saber 230gr for the 36 and just about any of the major makers 125gr JHP for the .357.
 

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Lyman 358439 SWC-HP bullet cast of soft alloy and lubed with any good lube, over about 13 grains of 2400 with a standard small pistol primer.

Once you see the results you'll never look back.
 

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