Heard Much About Hornady 135gt +P Flexlock Critical Duty?

[Path4]

Considering trying this round out over the 115gr for carry, but I've heard of I believe failure to feed especially maybe failure to eject with this round. Seems like it would feed more reliably than other hollowpoints because the polymer insert though :confused:

http://www.hornady.com/store/9mm-Luger-P/

[BrewerGeorge]

I might carry the Critical Duty in a dedicated car gun for its barrier effectiveness, but not for everyday carry. By default, I want to avoid overpenetration of barriers, not encourage it. Stick with the Critical Defense. (IMO)

[Replay13]

Hornady bullets have a lot of taper and they always feed 100 % in my PM9. I load 115 and 124 gr XPT's, they look the same without the polymer filler in the tip. I'm not aware of anyone having problems with any of the Hornady bullets.

[Defndr]

I agree with BrewerGeorge, too much penetration for CCW use. Stick with Critical Defense if you are using with Hornady.

[Path4]

Thank you for the insight!!!

I was thinking about the critical defense because i'm somewhat apprehensive about using a 115grain round for personal defense. I think I've seen that lighter round's performance is more heavily impacted by the short barrel, but I'm not sure.

Do you think a 115grain round will perform well in the Kahrs short barrel. I mean lets face it, state of the art ammo especially from a company like Hornady should get the job done, right?

[PYROhafe]

If you're worried about the short barrell being an issua, there's a short barrell sd round out there. I think its one of speers gold dots. Someone correct me if I'm wrong about the brand.

[jocko]

way to much advertisng hype by these ammo makers. THEY WILL ALL DO THE JOB. 99.995% of all of us will never fire in anger or defense, so again THEY WILL ALL DO THE JOB.

#1 has to be total reliability, after that IMO THEY WILL ALL DO THE JOB. Jsut sayin.

[arrtvandelay]

if you dig around hornady's website, you'll find that they don't recommend the 135gr+p out of short barrels. so if you want to carry a hornady load, i'd stick with the 115gr or better yet a heavier bullet from their defense line.

speer markets a 124gr+p load for short barrels, but it's pricy. personally, i like a heavy 147gr jhp in a short barrel. winchester ranger, federal hst and remington golden sabers being the cream of the crop in my opinion. just for recommendation's sake, a 50rd box of winchester 147gr ranger t's can be had for $23.19 at cheaperthandirt.com right now. this load should perform better than the hornady 115gr and is cheaper per rd to boot. just a suggestion...

[kahrnut1]

i know you are talking about 9mm but crit duty has not been released yet in 9. i recieved a box of 40 175gr from midway today and shot 1 rd of crit duty and 1 rd crit defence out of pm40 into a 3" thick msc catalog. the crit def went in half way shed its jacket and split into 4 pieces. the crit duty went just a little farther and remained whole in a kind of lopsided mushroom. if it does this in 9 then it will become my pm9 carry load. jeff

[BrewerGeorge]

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Do you think a 115grain round will perform well in the Kahrs short barrel. I mean lets face it, state of the art ammo especially from a company like Hornady should get the job done, right?
That's what in mine right now.

[Bald Baron]

I have Hornady 147gr custom in my CW9. Feeds great and I like a heavy for caliber round.:yo:

[JFootin]

I have Hornady 147gr custom in my CW9. Feeds great and I like a heavy for caliber round.:yo:

I have been wanting to try some standard pressure 147gr HPs in my CM9. How is the recoil compared to 124gr +p?