What is the cheapest hollow points you are willing to use?

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Super-Dave

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I picked up a box of cheap 9mm 115 grain remington express JHP's 100 rounds per box for $23.99 at walmart today. I am not sure if they are good or not. I need to look up its performance on the internet.

My question is what is the cheapest JHP's you are willing to carry and use for self protection?
 
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Those will do. I would say WWB JHP 230gr. Don't go cheap on saving your life though, get SOME premium bonded HP ammo (Gold Dots, HST's, Golden Sabers, Winchester Ranger).
 
My thinking is to buy the cheap jhp's instead of fmj so that not only can I use them for practice I can have a large cheap stock pile for

TEOTWAWKI


Just pick up one box every time you go to Walmart and your stockpile will be good to go.
 
Express or WWB will suffice then. I understand what you want to do. Have a large stockpile of decent hollowpoint. The have others as well.
 
I usually don't look to buy "budget" self-defense rounds but will balk at very high prices for HPs when a competitor makes similar rounds for less. That's why I normally don't like the boxes with 20 or 25 rounds.

Having said that, I will go "cheaper" with certain calibers like .357 magnum. You can drive these fast enough that "normal" JHPs will expand and penetrate adequately. The biggest problem is driving them so fast they come apart.

With .38 snubbies, I either carry Speer Gold Dot 135 gr. +P for short barrels or a 148 gr. full wadcutter. I guess some of the full wadcutter qualify as "cheap" ammo. For .38 spl other than snubbies, I use premium defense rounds (bonded hollow points).

For .45 acp I prefer premium self-defense rounds (Gold Dots, Golden Sabers, HSTs). I do feel comfortable with carrying 230 gr. FMJ.

in 9mm, I stick to premium rounds.

For .380, I use FMJ to insure adequate penetration.
 
Your carry rounds shouldn't get used up very quickly -- unless you are in a VERY bad area with a gun fight a night! So, cost shouldn't be your primary concern. Buy performance and be accurate.
 
I prefer Extreme Shock, Glaser Safety Slugs, RBCD, and Magsafe because they're the only handgun cartridge capable of blowing a man clean out of his sneakers in a shower of sparks
 
I carry Gold Dots in all my carry calibers and have a pretty big pile of .45 ACP WWB personal protection 230 gr stashed away. I figure they're as good or better than fmj for SD and if I get down into that pile things have already gone pretty far south.
 
Come on Dave,

you have to get out more buddy ....just buy a few hundred rounds of whatever round you think is effective in your gun for defense ( I buy Fedeal Hydra Shok for 9mm, .40S&W and .45 acp ) .....but I don't shoot them other than to make sure my gun cycles them reliably ....

Call Dillon - buy a nice Dillon 650 loader / make up decent practice rounds for your 9mm at about $5.25 for a box of 50 (even at today's prices for components) - you can actually practice more - and the payback on your loader and your practice ammo will let you buy a station wagon full of defensive ammo ...if that's what you really want to do ...for some reason ...
 
Not really into reloading. I would however like to have at least 2,000 rounds per caliber stocked up.(all premium hollow points would be nice but most people including myself cannot afford 2,000 rounds of premium ammo per caliber)

The gun grabbers won't stop at guns.
 
Ok, I understand having a supply on hand ....for practice, for the kids to shoot, grandkids, etc ...

and because I reload and shoot a lot / I may have 500 - 10,000 rds on hand for any given caliber. ( I just finished reloading 6,000 rds of 124 gr 9mm last week ) because I shoot it a lot / and I need about 4,000 for a 3 day class coming up. For calibers I don't shoot too much / like .40S&W I only keep about 1,000 rds in inventory. When I get down to 250 rds / I start reloading that caliber again and stock back up ....but if you want to stockpile 2,000 rds per caliber ....just stock jacketed, RN bullets ...(they stop bad guys too / if you hit them in the right spot ! )

I'm more of a glass half full guy ....and if I ever need more than a few hundred rounds of my primary defensive ammo ....there are bigger issues.

A good reloading press, like the 650, can crank out 1,000 rds an hour ...so if you kept a few cases of bullets, some powder around, primers .... you can crank out a few thousand rounds in a few hours .... It just makes more sense as a contingency / if you're really worried about it ...but personally I'm not.
 
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