When my P365 gets back from Sig I’m going to have to decide on a self-defense round and run a bunch of it through this piece. What has worked well for you?

I like the all copper 115gr from Barnes and just got to try the 365 carry ammo from sig and both are very accurate with the sig ammo being a little more controllable and faster on follow up shots.

Same thing I use for all 9mm's - 124gr. HST.

I’m testing my P365 to be one of my carry guns so I’m limited to only Ranger 127gr +P+

It seems to like it just fine.

I run gold dot 124 gn through most of my 9mm;s; the smaller pistols like the P365 and G43 get gold dot short barrel

For me 115 grain Barnes or the Sig 124 grain. Both work great.

Speer Got Dot 124gr +P, no problems.

147gr standard pressure HST in all my 9mm pistols, I don't use +p.

Underwood Extreme Defender
solid copper 90gr.
Very accurate out of both my P365's

Hornady 124g Personal Defense. If you are LEO, Hornady supplies a great LE only round which I use.

I've tried 115gr Critical Defense, 135gr Critical Duty, and 124gr Sig V-Crown. All ran fine and grouped very similarly, with a slight nod to the 135gr Critical Duty. Since I have the 115gr Critical Defense in my 229 now, it's probably what I'll stick with unless I find a deal on the 135gr.

Great suggestions, thanks everybody.

Federal HST 124 gr +P

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Originally posted by Sigforall:
https://www.luckygunner.com/la...ballistic-tests/#9mm

Great article, I hadn’t seen that before. Thanks for posting.

Hornady 115gr XTP. I have over 1600rds total out of my P365 and about 500 of those are this round.

I tried Federal HST, Fiocchi's with XTP bullets, Golden Sabers, Federal 9BPLE +p+, Winchester Rangers and even older Winchester Silvertips. All of those rounds were flawless but I shot the best groups with the Hornady XTP's.

Hornady Critical Duty 135gr +P for me.

I was figuring that the 124gr HSTs for Micro pistols would be the ticket, ( they fed and function in my 365 just fine, ) however 124gr +P Speer Gold Dots grouped the best with it, so that's what its loaded with currently.

Today after work, I will be trying out the same load from Speer, but in its 'Short Barrel' version to see if there's any difference between these and the non- short barrel +Ps.

I'd start with 147 grain HST, and likely the +P version. 147s don't seem to be as velocity sensitive as lighter bullets.

I don't have a 365 but I use Federal HST2 147 grain standard pressure in my rwo 3" barrel 9mms, a Kahr MK9 and Beretta Nano, on the theory that they will lose less velocity in the short barrels. I have several hundred that I bought at a good price.