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The simple version is that you can't go far wrong with any current major manufacturer's hollow points as long as you do your job on shot placement.

Subsonic 147 grain rounds got a poor reputation in law enforcement circles years ago when they first became the "go to" round for 9mm. Accounts of failures to stop and things like rounds bouncing off of tires were fairly common. At that time, I saw no advantage to the heavier rounds and I still don't, although projectile design has come a long ways since then and the new heavy bullets are better than the ones back then.

My 9mm loads are either 115 or 124 grain. I'm confident either will do the job if I do my part with shot placement.

JALLEN wrote:Before you fall in love with a particular bullet, usually because you read somewhere that Billy Joe Bob [last name redacted for PERSEC], retired Delta SEAL sniper ace fighter pilot used nothing else, and only a wimp or a pimp would think of using anything else, have a look at your pistol's owners manual to see what the manufacturer suggests.

I had a bunch of 147 gr. rounds for my 226. After all, I had been told that SEALs used those in the Hush Puppies, silenced pistols used to take out guard dogs. Well, I kept having a variety of issues with those in my P7M8. One day, I was perusing the owners manual and guess what? HK says the pistol was designed to fire 124-125 gr. rounds. I started using Speer 124 gr. Gold Dots and had no more problems.

Another good example of "when all else fails, and only as a last resort, read the directions."

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