Please vote on the following 45 carry ammo brands

Question:
Please vote on the following 45 carry ammo brands

Choices:
Reminton Golden Saber
Speer Gold Dot
Federal HST
Federal Bonded
Winchester Ranger T-Series
Other Brand, please explain

 

I use Winchester Ranger (standard 230's). I've used (and would use) Speer Gold Dots.

On a side note... I don't use the Remington Golden Saber at all now. I had two instances (two different lots of ammo) of bad primers. It didn't matter how many times you pulled the trigger... those primers were not going to ignite.

Remington wanted those rounds sent back to them (which I did), but I never heard back.

my experience mirrors steves'

i'm also loaded with the Winchester ranger T, but also have every confidence in the Speer gold dot.

i've found the Remington golden saber to be less accurate/consistent

Winchester Silver tips you never know when a werewolf is going to show up

A buddy gave me a box he had for a gun he sold and my S&W 1911 groups very well with them.

I shot a doe at about 30 feet with it while cutting firewood and it expanded great and maintained it's weight and bulged out the far side of the rib cage but did not exit.

I have a box of Golden Sabres around. I've gotten rid of all my non 1911 .45's, so I'll see if I had dud rounds in my former bedside gun for a while.

Kinda partial to Winchester Silver Tips.

Man this is a tuff one as I like both the GD & T's but chose Gold Dots since I can only vote for one. Which ever of the two I can find is what I use.

230 Ranger T's

Thankfully I have a few hundred rounds of it left, I hear they are a little hard to find right now.

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Originally posted by kalei:
Kinda partial to Winchester Silver Tips.

Same here. I use the 185 grain in my compact.

I like the shape of the ranger T bullets the most when expanded, but I've read a lot of information about the ranger T's in .45 specifically not expanding reliably through different types of clothing layers.

I have been really impressed with the federal HST +p 230 grains...they expand to nearly 1" diameter and show consistently more then 12" penetration in all the gel tests i've seen online. It's also hard to go wrong with speer gold dot, they've been around awhile and have earned a good reputation for reliable expansion and penetration.

My vote is for Federal Expanding Full Metal Jacket. No hollow point to clog up...hits and pancakes on impact. Nasty little buggers...but effective. Only issue is that the are expensive: $30 for 20 rounds. Out here I can get a box of 50 Hydra-Shocks in .45ACP for that price.

Voted for Rem GS, but will probably switch to Hydrashoks when the current stash runs out. It's a pain in the butt to segregate the overlong ones for the N-frame. Remington's gotten better about that recently, though.

You need to specify bullet weight and pressure in your poll. There's a big difference between Golden Saber 230 gr., 185 gr., and 185 gr. +P, for example.

Tom

Hydra-shocks for my P220....work without a hitch which is more than I can say about the Golden Sabers....they won't even feed into my factory mags.

I'm forced to use the gold dot, but i'd prefer the SXT ranger +p.

I truly miss Pro Load