Winchester Ranger T 124 gr +P, Speer Gold Dot 124 gr +P GDHP, and Speer Gold Dot 124 gr GDHP +P Short Barrel.
All good ammo, of the three I would use the Ranger T 124+P which basically equals the well known Ranger T 127+P+ and has less felt recoil.
I have never seen "short barrel" until shopping around on the net yesterday. How is it different?
AFAIK, it utilizes a faster burning powder that guarantees that all of it burns before the bullet leaves the shorter barrel (3.75" and shorter). This allows the bullet to leave the barrel at a rate of speed that is very close to the velocity of the equivalent standard load fired through a longer barrel. So, all things being equal, short barrel bullet velocity and expansion consistency, when fired through a shorter barrel, should be functionally equivalent to its standard load sibling fired through a longer barrel.
Also reduced muzzle flash from the short barrel.
I use the SB stuff in my snubbie j-frame and there is a noticeable difference in muzzle flash than from other +p loads.
I use the regular stuff in a G19 and a G26, but I'm thinking about switching to the SB stuff for the G26.
Man that HST sure does expand real pretty.
I want to see an expanded hollow point bullet from an actual shooting. Are there any known cases of this happening? I have yet to see anyone, anywhere, produce an expanded hollow point taken from a human body, or a picture of said item, or even a verbal recounting of an actual expansion related to a body hit, except by gun rag writers.
Federal 115 gr JHP (9BPLE)
I use the Speer Gold Dot .38 SPL +P 135 gr. GDHP (23921) in my S&W 642 Airweight. Seems to work well enough. What short barrel ammo do you use in your snubbie J Frame?
handgun hollow points DO expand under certain conditions