Hornady Critical Defense vs Critical Duty?

[Hapworth]

The 9mm 135+p passed all of the required tests. In fact, Critical Duty is touted as the ONLY ammo to pass all of the FBI requirements.

Interesting and good to know; is there a link to those tests?

 

[David White]

Interesting and good to know; is there a link to those tests?

This link is from a Guns and Ammo review..
http://www.handgunsmag.com/2011/12/29/hornady-critical-duty/

 

[David White]

This link is an overview of the test protocol..

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AYwnZt0j7co#

 

[Kacz]

And when was the last time you had to shoot into a windshield to protect yourself from a bad guy?

I'm not worried about this situation. But shooting OUT a windshield is on my list of potential scenarios I want to be ready for.

 

[SMSgt]

Critical Duty is marketed as "for LEOs' so that the general public will want it. You know, that "Carry what the LEOs carry" thing.

 

[Erich]

Anyone who's not up on this will want to look at the September 2012 issue of American Rifleman for a detailed analysis of the differences between the two rounds. Critical Duty was engineered to meet FBI protocols for penetration; Critical Defense was not.

 

[bayou blaster]

Critical Defense was made for smaller barrel guns like 3 inch and under to have good expansion and less recoil and muzzle flash. Were as the Critical Duty was made to penetrate barriers like wood windsheilds or metal like on a car and still expand and penetrate. i use the C duty in my gun its always in stock here in south louisiana. The only hornady brands that are the same are the zombie and critical defense only diff is critical d has nickel plated brass and a red insert instead of green.

 

[cp1969]

Hornady Critical Defense

I am not impressed with it. I am even less impressed with Hornady's customer service. I'm attaching a photo of a speedloader full of .38 Special CD loads that were stored in the case with a M60.

I sent the photo to Hornady. They said I had stored them near leather or something. That is simply not true; I have nothing made of leather to store them in. They spent a short time in an Uncle Mike's synthetic speedloader pouch, but that time was brief. At any rate, if they are that susceptible to corrosion, I don't want any.

 

[smokey1187]

I got my critical duty at gander mountain