A good non hollow point self defense round?

[ashylarry]

The P6 I have does not like to feed the HST's I have. So what is a good soft point 9mm home defense round?

Thanks
Nick

 

[obijohn]

if you like the pistol for carry, or for any reason i suppose, you can have a p225 barrel fit and should that should take care of the hollowpoint issue. in addition, what all have you tried? not all hp ammo has the same ogive, some feeds better than others. my p6 seems to like everything i've tried.

 

[sanzo87]

i would say use powerball

 

[rhino]

Powerball or Expanding FMJ (I think Federal has the latter).

Better solution is to make the gun feed anything (new barrel or modify existing barrel), then you can shoot whatever is available at the time.

 

[esrice]

I always figured if I live in a state like NJ where no JHPs are allowed I'd go with the Corbon Powerball.

 

[Cwood]

I use Federals EFMJ in my .45

 

[ashylarry]

I tried sanding (high grit) and polishing the ramps but it still jammed. Only way I would go with a 225 barrel is if it wasn't expensive (point of the gun was to be a cheap project).

The P6 is an 83, and the way I read it the late 80's would feed hollow points. I have only shot WWB and HST's through the gun. That is all I have. Ill look into the powerball and federal.

 

[ashylarry]

Well after seeing how much the powerballs cost Ill probably order some federal EFMJ's soon and try them out.

 

[Don]

Try speer gold dots, they got a more round nose then the hst.

 

[agentl074]

Why ban JHP's? Do they want overpenetration issues? IMHO FMJ is only better in the field - where over penetration doesn't matter - only getting into the target.

 

[indyjoe]

Why ban JHP's? Do they want overpenetration issues? IMHO FMJ is only better in the field - where over penetration doesn't matter - only getting into the target.

You say that like the government of NJ understands logic. They don't. New York officers only changed to the evil hollow points after too many of them were shot after the bullets passed through the perps.

 

[Jeremiah]

my P6 eats gold dots just fine but I generally carry some winchester contract 95 gr flat nosed frangible +P rounds