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<blockquote data-quote="Ethan N" data-source="post: 3213538" data-attributes="member: 29267"><p>I reread my first paragraph and you’re right, it’s confusing. I was making two points.</p><p></p><p>First, standard JHP do not perform well enough to be carried as a defensive or duty round. They fail to expand too often. So if you’re carrying JHP, you may be no better off than if you were carrying FMJ, depending on what your attacker is wearing and the distance between you. Everyone should be carrying a premium defensive/duty round like Federal HST, Hornady Critical Defense, or Speer Gold Dot (in some calibers). Look for ballistics gel test results for different rounds in your chosen caliber to find something that expands reliably and penetrates through four layers of denim and 12-18” of gel.</p><p></p><p>Second, someone brought up that you’d have to pay $2-$4 per round of premium 9mm self-defense rounds versus less than $1 per round of JHP .40 S&W. That point is moot because no one should be carrying standard JHP for self-defense regardless of caliber. For good self-defense ammo, the price difference between 9mm and .40 S&W is insignificant unless you’re training with that ammo regularly or otherwise buying a ton of it. And if you are doing that, you’ll save money going with 9mm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ethan N, post: 3213538, member: 29267"] I reread my first paragraph and you’re right, it’s confusing. I was making two points. First, standard JHP do not perform well enough to be carried as a defensive or duty round. They fail to expand too often. So if you’re carrying JHP, you may be no better off than if you were carrying FMJ, depending on what your attacker is wearing and the distance between you. Everyone should be carrying a premium defensive/duty round like Federal HST, Hornady Critical Defense, or Speer Gold Dot (in some calibers). Look for ballistics gel test results for different rounds in your chosen caliber to find something that expands reliably and penetrates through four layers of denim and 12-18” of gel. Second, someone brought up that you’d have to pay $2-$4 per round of premium 9mm self-defense rounds versus less than $1 per round of JHP .40 S&W. That point is moot because no one should be carrying standard JHP for self-defense regardless of caliber. For good self-defense ammo, the price difference between 9mm and .40 S&W is insignificant unless you’re training with that ammo regularly or otherwise buying a ton of it. And if you are doing that, you’ll save money going with 9mm. [/QUOTE]
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