While I would never disparage anyone's choices for personal protection, and I agree that practice, practice, practice and shot placement are the most important part of a self defense equation. I never quite did understand the attitude of loading with ball except for 'mousegun' calibers. I would feel better prepared with a used, utterly reliable firearm in an accepted service caliber (9mm, .40S&W, .45ACP) loaded with a 'premium' hollowpoint, than I would with a $3000 racegun of any pedigree loaded with ball. Any gun I carry is merely a
launching platform- what counts is what
gets on target. We're lucky that the FBI protocols were developed; there has been a quantum leap in handgun ammo performance over the last ten years.
There's a reason PD's around the country use ammo that have passed objective performance tests. I load my Glock 23 and Kahr PM9 with Winchester Ranger, but (in no particular order) Speer's Gold Dot, Federal's Tactical and HST lines, and Remington's Golden Saber are all excellent choices.
Hornady seems to be the hot ticket for self-defense with the 9x18; the hard part is finding it...
Just my $0.02.
Good luck with your search...half the fun is choosing a carry load. :D
Shot placement, shot placement, shot placement...
