please post pics of expanded .40S&W hollow points

[therealtwitch]

I am trying to find a good round for my pps. I like gold dots and federal hydra shok but neither will feed reliable in my gun. I have hornady taps but don't think they expand well enough. so if you have pacs of expanded .40S&W hollow points please post them. also please give me your preference in rounds.

 

[Regular Joe]

No replies. I think this will be a good place to get ideas:
http://www.brassfetcher.com/40%20S&W.html
Where you have feeding issues, I think the Federal 135 gr. expanding FMJ could be the ticket:
http://www.brassfetcher.com/40sw%20Federal%20135gr%20Expanding%20Full%20Metal%20Jacket.html
Penetration isn't as deep as the 180 HP's, but reliable function beats the heck out of pointing a jammed gun at the bad guy and yelling "boom".

 

[LoneStarWings]

My personal preference is 180gr Federal HST. They seem to expand more and penetrate deeper with more reliability than most other rounds. Gold Dots very similair though. I would stick to Federal HST's or Speer Gold Dot's if I were you. Corbon DPX's are also pretty good but they sacrifice penetration for a bit more expansion.

This was a comaprison between the winchester ranger 180gr and federal hst 180gr. http://ammo.ar15.com/project/Self_Defense_Ammo_FAQ/DocGKRData/40_RangerBonded.htm

The top row is ballistic gel, mddle and bototm are gel covered with 4 layer denim. The HST's are on the far right column, the rest are winchesters. The winchesters failed to expannd through denim about half the time.

This is corbon DPX 140gr vs 180gr Federal HST. HST's again on the far right, top row Ballistic gel, bottom row 4 layer denim covered gel. http://ammo.ar15.com/project/Self_Defense_Ammo_FAQ/DocGKRData/40Corbon140grJHP.jpg