Is that a common problem with HST and Gold Dot? To be honest, all the other less mainstream options are pretty irrelevant to me.
I'm not trying to throw poo poo on any ideas of terminal performance out of 9mm out of short barrels, BUT, there's a TON of folks on this forum who happily carry 5 shot 38s loaded with standard pressure wadcutters. Not sure why we would obsess over slightly less performance out of a duty-ish pistol.
Ken
BBI: ...”you better not forget the safe word because shit's about to get weird”...
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I like 9mm 365s, but I really like a .380 P365 with a thumb safety. 11-13 rounds of the Haggard tested Fed HS Deep
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Shot placement with adequate penetration generally trumps large and shallow