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.45 ammo for home defense....

thunderfoilthunderfoil Member Posts: 4 ✭✭
edited August 2002 in Ask the Experts
Thanks guys for steering me away from Llamas! Now I'm starting my research on 1911's by Springfield Armory.

Anyway, since I intend to use a full size .45 for home defense & I live in an apartment, I was wondering what would be a good round that won't be jam-proned & won't go through walls (hopefully). Thanks again.
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  • k.stanonikk.stanonik Member Posts: 2,109 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Take a look at glaser safety slugs or hydrashocks. those would be my suggestions
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  • At_The_GatesAt_The_Gates Member Posts: 56 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    In my honest opinion i will go with the Speer GOLD DOTs. I have read so many test about them that i will not doubt on use in it. I have a PAra- Ordnance P14 on .45 with 3 hi-cap mags and they are fill with the Gold Dots.

    If somebody have a better suggestion on home defense ammo let me know.

    When u liveD u carry a gun, when u die they take it away from u. DAMMIT!!!:( sEE yOU AT THE GATES
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  • E.WilliamsE.Williams Member Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Speer Gold Dots or Hydra-Shoks.If its a Springfield Mil-Spec stick with Black Hills or Winchester White Box 230 grain FMJ.

    Eric S. Williams

    Edited by - E.Williams on 08/01/2002 23:38:56
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You live in an apartment. Frangible ammo is a MUST. If you have to shoot an armed intruder and miss you don't just risk hitting one of your neighbors. You risk a lawsuit if your bullet goes through the walls and merely passes through your neighbor's apartment. I'd go with a Glaser safety slug.
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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've always been a fan of plain old Winchester White Box Hollow Points. They are priced reasonable, and perform pretty good.

    If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

    The sound of a 12 gauge pump clears a house fatser than Rosie O eats a Big Mac !
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,887 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It probably doesn't matter; if you don't have a safe or steel lockbox bolted to a stud, the odds are at least 500-to-1 that your gun will be stolen by a burglar before you get a chance to use it in self-defense.

    But, if you can secure your gun --- as much as I like the .45, I can't recommend it for use in an apartment, even with frangible ammo. I've seen too many slugs of all calibers end up in neighboring units. When my parents insisted on having a gun in their apartment, I gave them a .38 revolver loaded with shot caps (in the first 2 positions), followed by Glaser safety slugs.

    Neal
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Besafe ammo is made especially for people with your concerns,and it sure is devastating on Ballistic Gelatin.Also Corbons new Power Ball is very reliable for feeding in guns that are picky and it mushrooms well.


    Best!!

    Rugster
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  • doomsknight62doomsknight62 Member Posts: 239 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Whatever you do, DON'T use Cor-Bon's High-Velocity hollow-points. I bought a box of their .45 to use at the range because I wanted to see what they were like. Out of the box of twenty, two completely jammed in a vertical position between the slide and the barrel. Maybe I just need to get my feed ramp polished, but I sure wouldn't want to count on them in a life or death situation. A jam like that, though simple to clear, could be fatal.
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Check out RBCD ammo - they have a web site.
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  • EducatorEducator Member Posts: 27 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like the Cor-bon Pow'r Ball, Speer gold dot, Federal Hydrashock, and Remington golden saber. All of these are excellent defensive loads. CCI's 'flying ashtray' is an effective stopper but is prone to feeding problems in an unaltered gov't model. You might want to map your apartment and decide on areas where overpenetration would be a problem and consciously make that a 'no-shoot' zone. That's what I did when I was an apartment dweller and that's what I do now in my home with kids in the other room. JMO
    Dwight

    "When in doubt...whip it out!"
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