Silvertips, anyone?

[LimaCharlie]

I prefer Winchester Silvertips 175 grain 10mm in my Colt Delta Elites. I buy them whenever I find them and have a stockpile. I went to a local gun show about a year ago and a dealer had twelve boxes on his table for $15.95 a box. I bought all of them. I have not seen any in a LGS in a couple of years.

 

[Don 73]

I had a box of 147 gr silvertips that I "field tested" (redneck, hillbilly style) into a mud bank along with some Win +P+ 115 gr hps out of my then carry gun a Beretta 92FS.

The 115s as you would expect, basically exploded with only the jackets being recovered from a huge deep hole. The 147 gr Silvertips were recovered whole, perfectly expanded from a huge DEEPER hole. I was extremely impressed with the 147s and would carry them in my 9c without hesitation if I wasn't already carrying the Ranger 127 gr +P+ "T" series rounds (which are issued and required carry BTW).

Those heavy silvertips changed my mind about the 147s in 9mm, seeing as how Jacket Construction plays such a large part in terminal performance. Note how the extremely SOFT silvertip jacket didn't hamper expansion and how the (relatively) HARD brass jacket of the "T" series and the Golden Saber rounds are heavily pre-cut and designed to be able to expand at handgun velocities.

I'm at the point now where I would feel confident in almost any modern round where as much thought has gone into jacket material and construction as these modern rounds have had, other than just "let's make it a hollowpoint" and call it a day.

 

[Mehutch]

I have several hundred factory boxes of Silvertips in each caliber,.357, 41 Mag, 44 Mag, 45 Colt. I also reloaded a 1000 in each caliber and 2000 in the 357 mag. Still have them. Those were the days when reloading was cheaper and factory ammo was $9 to $10 a box. And I still have several factory reload boxes in 145gr 357, if I run out. Years ago I was thinking ahead. I could not do that today.

Here are a few...

 

[Boge]

I had a box of 147 gr silvertips that I "field tested" (redneck, hillbilly style) into a mud bank along with some Win +P+ 115 gr hps out of my then carry gun a Beretta 92FS.

The 115s as you would expect, basically exploded with only the jackets being recovered from a huge deep hole. The 147 gr Silvertips were recovered whole, perfectly expanded from a huge DEEPER hole. I was extremely impressed with the 147s and would carry them in my 9c without hesitation if I wasn't already carrying the Ranger 127 gr +P+ "T" series rounds (which are issued and required carry BTW).

Those heavy silvertips changed my mind about the 147s in 9mm, seeing as how Jacket Construction plays such a large part in terminal performance. Note how the extremely SOFT silvertip jacket didn't hamper expansion and how the (relatively) HARD brass jacket of the "T" series and the Golden Saber rounds are heavily pre-cut and designed to be able to expand at handgun velocities.

I'm at the point now where I would feel confident in almost any modern round where as much thought has gone into jacket material and construction as these modern rounds have had, other than just "let's make it a hollowpoint" and call it a day.

This is a perfect example of deducing something that Street results just don't back up in that the Win. 115 gr. +p+ had a legendary Street history & the 147 gr. ST did not. I still have some of the RA9115HP+.

http://winchesterle.com/Lists/CatalogAmmo/Attachments/8/RA9115HP.pdf