What load in your CC/EDC pistol?

[robertg]

Good old fashion 9mm 124g Federal HST.
Proven track record.

 

[Bon Sauvage]

9mm 147gr HST

 

[Modeler]

9mm 147gr HST

The Portland Police Bureau has had good success with that load!

 

[mjbskwim]

+++P for the Mustang

I want a vi of that cycling

 

[MightyCasey]

Fiocchi Xtrema XTP in .380,9mm, and .40SW. Cycles well in all my pistols, and always seemed to be priced well.

 

[edslhead]

I want a vi of that cycling

You fire it and I'll shoot the video

 

[2A2Dend]

Desperate? Buy the HST at the LGS. Be ready to take a hurting...you'll feel raped when you leave.

 

[edison bulb]

125 gr HST

 

[nammac]

Desperate? Buy the HST at the LGS. Be ready to take a hurting...you'll feel raped when you leave.

Looking for HST? Try TargetSportsUSA, they're online, usually in stock, about 30/box of 50

 

[The Nothing]

.40 Hornady Critical Duty 175gr and Federal Personal Defense (hydra-shok) 155gr.

 

[AngryRedTicTac]

I tote 124gr +P Short Barrel Gold Dot in my P938. On the rare occasions that I carry my 1911 I have 18 rounds of 40gr recoiless flash bang rockets. Hope I would never have to use it for defense, but the little 22TCM should manage to get it done. And scare the heck out of passers-by in the process ;-)

 

[jjgraha]

Hornady Critical Defense in 380 for the LCP, in 9mm for the Sig P320 SC.

 

[glockman99]

I carry this (stout) Underwood ammo in my Ruger GP100...

 

[JSchuster]

I don't EDC (yet) but loaded in the nightstand is Hornady Critical Defense 9mm 115gr.
I have no expertise on the subject, it's based solely on youtube videos and online feedback.

 

[Tom Tucker]

JHP in both Glock 43 and Taurus 380

 

[No_Regerts]

Duty ammo is Federal 147gr HST. My EDC is.Speer Gold Dot 124gr +P.

 

[L84Cabo]

Federal HST 124g 9mm and 230g 45ACP

 

[eliduc]

So, Ive been carrying 9mm Hornady 135gr Critical Duty in my Sub compact EDC and 147gr Winchester HP in my Compact.

Curious what other defensive loads guys swear by, what caliber also the firearm you carry it in. Anyone switch out winter and summer carry loads?

So, Ive been carrying 9mm Hornady 135gr Critical Duty in my Sub compact EDC and 147gr Winchester HP in my Compact.

Curious what other defensive loads guys swear by, what caliber also the firearm you carry it in. Anyone switch out winter and summer carry loads?

I keep it simple. 13 rounds of 130g lrf 9mm in front of 4.5 g wsf. I can put four or five rounds in a 2 inch group pretty consistently at 25 or 30 feet. Of course, at home my bedside piece is a GP100 357 Mag (I live in the country and don't give a rip if the slug goes through a couple of walls after it goes through the invader.) backed up by a shotgun.

 

[Doc In UPlace]

Curious what other defensive loads guys swear by

Can't remember how I answered this before, back then was probably Speer Gold Dot short barrel .38 +P.

Have switched to Cor-Bon .38 +P 185 gr. DPX Thunder Ranch. All-copper projectile out of the S&W J-frame.

In the Glock G21, .45 Federal HST in the +P 230 gr. JHP's will get 'er done.

 

[Member 5605]

124gr HPR in the 9mm
The .40 has Critical Duty (to be swapped soon because it's ended its carry life cycle)