XTPs (and Critical Duty to a lesser extent) are infamous for needing a bit extra velocity to work well.
And paradoxically, Hornady factory ammo always seems a bit on the light side. I normally feel that +p is unnecessary, but……
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XTPs (and Critical Duty to a lesser extent) are infamous for needing a bit extra velocity to work well.
And paradoxically, Hornady factory ammo always seems a bit on the light side. I normally feel that +p is unnecessary, but……
The XTPs feed and fly very well. Depending on the particular bullet and loading, they're reliable in some guns when other JHPs aren't. Older/conventional tech bullet but an great one. They do seem to have a velocity window they prefer by barrier.
In several shootings, 9mm 147s, fast 124s, and 40 180s removed from people in street clothes opened wide and penetrated deep.
I can recall a few shootings using XTP bullets. Couldn't tell you the manufacturer of the round or the guns used anymore though. They tend to have mediocre expansion and lots of penetration. I wouldn't trade out Gold Dots or HSTs for them, but I wouldn't feel bad about carrying it either. I think it would be a decent "woods" gun round that would give you a good mix of expansion and penetration for both two legged and 4 legged threats.
I agree they tend to be very accurate and feed well.
While they arent big expanders they do turn themselves into a wadcutter-like shape. That's a good thing.
Appreciate all the knowledgeable comments. I plan to raise the velocity to see if they open up better and hopefully get a chronograph by the next range trip. I’ll probably add some barriers just to see what happens. At worst I can keep these for BUG rounds as vicious_cb mentioned.
oops..wrong quote