PMC starfire ammo

[BigJohn]

Does anyone know if this is good ammo for defense? Specifically, 150 Grain Star fire HPs (357 mag) and 125 grain star fire HPs (38 special). I see this ammo is relatively cheap for 20 round boxes compared to other self defense rounds. So I was curious how it rates.

 

[mkk41]

The Starfire bullet was designed by the same man that designed the Federal Hydra-Shok bullet. It had a good rep when it came out.

 

[flop-shank]

I have no opinion of the .38 ammo. My guess is that the .357 is fine. .357 magnum is a hard cartridge to screw up.

 

[safearm]

I fired 125 grain Starfire in a .357 Sig. It was very inconsistent in accuracy and bullet performance. Sometimes the bullet would expand perfectly; other times it would not expand at all. I was not impressed and have not used it since.

 

[Spotteddog]

I have no specifics on bullet performance, my only experience was in a 240 grain H/P loading in .44 Magnum. The 29-2 four inch didn't have any issues with accuracy. It was extremely flashy, but then damned near everything is flashy in a 4" 29? My subjective impression was, it was not loaded as stiffly as the 240 jacketed stuff from the big 3. YMMV?

 

[BigJohn]

Thanks for the responses. It appears that there is not enough information to make a subjective judgement on it's effectiveness. It is not my primary self defense round but lately I have been able to find it fairly cheap so I will use it primarily for range and a self defense round if nothing else is available.