Self Defense / Carry Ammo

[Dave Waits]

I settled on Winchester 230grain Premium SXT JHPs. Basically, they're a different-colored Black Talon. Since Black Talons are Collector's level cartridges(Last I checked they were going for about $65.00 a box), the SXTs are the next best thing.

As for reloading, I've tried so far; Hornady Crit.Def. bullets, Hornady XTPs, Gold Dots and some Federal bullet. All failed one way or another. None of the mentioned bullets gave decent,consistant performance, even when driven at 900+FPS.

[Boats]

Anybody using the Winchester PDX1 Defender in 230gr?

[Grizzman]

Originally Posted by Boats

Anybody using the Winchester PDX1 Defender in 230gr?

Yes, I do use Winchester's 230 grain PDX1 load. My serious handloads use Gold Dots and XTPs, both weighing 230 grains.

I should now have enough milk jugs for some expansion tests with them, and will report the results here.

[Boats]

Originally Posted by Grizzman

Yes, I do use Winchester's 230 grain PDX1 load. My serious handloads use Gold Dots and XTPs, both weighing 230 grains.

I should now have enough milk jugs for some expansion tests with them, and will report the results here.

Cool! Let us know. In the meantime I'm going to scarf a few boxes. They're still in stock at Brownell's

[jmlutz]

Originally Posted by Boats

Anybody using the Winchester PDX1 Defender in 230gr?

I ordered 10 boxes of them while ago, 4 the first time and then another 6. I feel like any .45 ammo that Dave recommends has to be good stuff. I'd been wanting some more SD ammo anyhow, I found these in stock at Brownells and jumped on them.

[ronpaul50]

Originally Posted by Dave Waits

I settled on Winchester 230grain Premium SXT JHPs. Basically, they're a different-colored Black Talon. Since Black Talons are Collector's level cartridges(Last I checked they were going for about $65.00 a box), the SXTs are the next best thing.

As for reloading, I've tried so far; Hornady Crit.Def. bullets, Hornady XTPs, Gold Dots and some Federal bullet. All failed one way or another. None of the mentioned bullets gave decent,consistant performance, even when driven at 900+FPS.

I use Hornady Crit Def in my .45 and apparently some very pricey Black Talon in my 9mm(4 clips - wait magazines worth).