JRG wrote:Jusme wrote:I have no experience with the browning 1911 .380, but you can look at the attached link on SD ballistics tests done by lucky gunner. You have to scroll down a ways, but they tested several .380, 9mm and .45 rounds. and posted the results.
http://www.luckygunner.com/labs/self-de ... tic-tests/
That may give you an idea on selecting the carry ammo for your girlfriend. It has no info on accuracy, since they were fired very close range, but some of the results were impressive for .380
Thanks so much for sharing this link. It is very informative. I was thinking of buying a .45 pistol as my next one, but notice that several of the 9mm bullets end up being the same size or even larger than some of the .45 ones after fired into the gel.
Joe
They explain that a lot of the lack of expansion is due to the hollow points getting clogged when they pass through the material, so they don't expand properly, After seeing, this I have ordered some Federal HST 124 grain 9mm that I want to try. I have been carrying Hornandy Critical defense, I like the way it fires in my gun, and is very accurate, but if I can get the same performance with better penetration and expansion, I may switch.