Hornady 9mm XTP ongoing experiments

[Straight Shooter]

Every factory Hornady load Ive ever chronoed was not near whats advertised on the box.
Some were way off. Ive posted some info here before on this.

[Ron3]

Every factory Hornady load Ive ever chronoed was not near whats advertised on the box.
Some were way off. Ive posted some info here before on this.

I've shot 10mm that was, and .357 sig. .357 mag Critical Duty was very close, too.

But everything else, especially 9x19, yea, slower than even the mild advertised velocities. This includes their +p ammo.

[Straight Shooter]

I've shot 10mm that was, and .357 sig. .357 mag Critical Duty was very close, too.

But everything else, especially 9x19, yea, slower than even the mild advertised velocities. This includes their +p ammo.

My experience is with 9mm & .45 ACP. Yes, the +P loads in those too were slow.

[ST911]

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.

[C-grunt]

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.

[Ron3]

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.

[Ron3]

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