Originally Posted by Taj

Best choice. I'm privileged to be involved in FBI protocol ballistic shoots so I get to see a lot of terminal performance results of the latest, greatest 9mm ammo. I usually recommend Gold Dot if you plan on shooting at folks behind cover or in cars. (not many outside of LE will have to do that). GD is a bonded bullet and performs very well, but HST for soft targets is hard to beat. It gets bigger than GD, even out of short barreled pistols and stays together very well. Penetration is consistent, (16-18 inches) even from short barreled pistols, but it doesn't get generally get as big as HST. HST generally comes out of the "jello" at .800 to .900. In full size pistols the 147 grain is still the best, but the 124 grain is awesome out of the little pistols.