Something I found this morning while making my usual rounds.
https://www.americanrifleman.org/art...se-ammunition/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0F1m5yv-4
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Something I found this morning while making my usual rounds.
https://www.americanrifleman.org/art...se-ammunition/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0F1m5yv-4
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I spy a Gadget.
Its an interesting bullet, but I'm not sure its better than HST.
Here's another (tntoutdoors):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p02Q8cQ8e5A
More testing of the 9mm Hydra-Shok Deep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I-vL9ZPoTo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygu7-JjX0gg
Seems to perform well
Why would they do this...introduce a competitor to their HST line?
Is it going to be more affordable or something?
It sure is.
As a young Deputy Sheriff in the late 80s, the 9mm Hydra Shok (in 147-grain "flavor") was the first ammunition that I was ever issued along with the S&W 5906. Despite the amount of "bad press" that it has received over the following decades, we never had a problem with it at all and never lost an officer over the time that I served with that agency.
After finding new (and much higher-paying) LE employment in late 1995, I was surprised to find that the issued ammunition (issued service weapon was the Sig P226), was the same Federal 9mm 147-grain Hydra Shok JHP as my prior employer and that my new agency had experienced the same great results with it.
I am hoping to see some independent testing of the new "Deep" iteration in 10% gelatin (of course) soon, hopefully across all calibers.
Do you have plans to do any testing?
Nothing presently. I have been trying to keep an eye out locally but haven't been able to find any.
Actually what I'd kind of like to do is pull a couple and load them into 357 Mag. See if I can't get ~ 1,100 fps from a 2" snub. Mostly just curious but if I can get a relatively soft shooting 9mm +P load from a snub (and it works well in gel) I might email Federal.