Chuck Haggard recently posted about 124 HST performing very well out of sub 4” barrels in his pocket rocket classOriginally Posted by John Hearne
Chuck Haggard recently posted about 124 HST performing very well out of sub 4” barrels in his pocket rocket class
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 no SME, but I would expect if you're carrying HST or Gold Dot you are probably just fine.
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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.
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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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Both gold dot and hst can fail to expand without enough velocity. I tend to go with shorter that 3.6 inch barrel I run a 124 of 124+p
All I stock is 124 standard pressure Gold Dot. Like psalms said, I obsess over expansion a lot less than I once did!
Shot placement with adequate penetration generally trumps large and shallow
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