Thread: .45ACP Carry Ammo: Corbon 185 grain JHP +P vs. 230 grain RN FMJ?
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Old 09-20-2009, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by WR Moore View Post
The real short barrel pistols have issues. You're losing velocity, if you go to lighter bullets to try to get the velocity back, you're losing sectional density/penetration.
Penetration may be fine if the bullet is designed right. Example; in .380 gelatin testing, the 90 gr. Speer Gold Dot and Hornady XTP expand, but are engineered so that they only mushroom out to ~ .45", the Remington Golden Sabre gets much bigger, over .6". The Golden Sabre puts on the brakes much harder and is a shallow penetrator (I want to say ~ 9", IIRC), but the Gold Dot and XTP can expand and reach depths of over 12" deep. If such a bullet exists in .45 ACP I don't know, but I would be willing to bet someone has done it. Speer, I'm sure, makes a short barrel .45. That would seem to me a logical place to start one's ammo selection.
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