I'm thinking the heavier/slower rounds do normally lead to a faster take down on the premises of larger permanent wound channel, higher initial energy transfer on impact, and the larger diameter & slower speed leave less chance of over penetration. At least that's my premise as to why I carry 10mm Auto and just learned to control/manage the heavier recoilDoes a heavier/slower bullet maybe equate to quicker takedown in most cases?
I'm thinking the heavier/slower rounds do normally lead to a faster take down on the premises of larger permanent wound channel, higher initial energy transfer on impact, and the larger diameter & slower speed leave less chance of over penetration. At least that's my premise as to why I carry 10mm Auto and just learned to control/manage the heavier recoil
For me it falls into what are your needs are determine what bullet you feel comfortable with.
All of my shooting is for practice and defense. I use 115 target rounds for both. This is what I carry, I am use to the lighter weight bullet, I am use to the recoil of my pistol with target loads.
The way I look at the carry bullet weight is, that it doesn't matter if you can knock the bad guy off his feet as much as hitting him the first time and be fast enough to take a second shot if needed. Concealed carry is going to be a close up and fast shooting so the feel and to repeat that feel you have with your pistol is the important part because in this scenario you don't really use sights it is more of a point and shoot so being able to do this consistently is the key. Think about throwing darts, you get use to using one weigh and change you have to adjust for the different weight. Same with bullet weight, so whatever you feel best with should be what you are practicing with.
Now if you are talking about the zombie apocalypse or being in a war zone, I would be carrying my 45acp 230 grain HP for knock down but again this is what I have been shooting for years and have a feel for this round as a side arm.
This is just my thoughts and feels good for me. This is something that you have to decide for yourself.
This is a good discussion of defense ammo, IMO. FWIW, I carry the HST in 124gr and 124+P (different mags), but wouldn't hesitate to carry the HST in 147 either. The only other load I currently consider is the 124gr (standard and +P) Gold Dot.Federal HST comes in 124 and 147-gr weights. I've not seen HP ammo in 115-gr from any of the big players.
Years ago these were the loads border patrol carried and usedFederal HST comes in 124 and 147-gr weights. I've not seen HP ammo in 115-gr from any of the big players.
i'm in a similar boat. Speer Gold Dot 124 gr +P.I carry HST 124gr +P, a lot easier to get 124gr target ammo vs 147gr target ammo.
Hmmm... I have 300 rounds of Ranger T +P+ 127 in my inventory that I bought many years ago. I do not "remember" any reports of failure to expand. And of course, I've never tested them. Was there a subsequent generation of Ranger T that corrected the problem? (I wasn't quite able to follow what you're saying there.) If so... How can I tell which one I have?we all remember the failure to expand issues with Ranger t, mostly the 9mm 127gr +p+, resulted caused by dull (peddle stamps?) put the skives in the projectiles
This new generation stuff works amazing.