I had/have some in 357 magnum and 9mm. I shot them into wet phone-books, watermelons, water-jugs, and a few other things. I was not impressed. They didn't work any better than hollow-points or FMJ.


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i believe law enforcement uses 9mm due to  ammo cost & low recoil.   
penetration is always king, (in a controlled firearm)

I have a few packs of the safety slugs, which  I acquired in a trade.   

I haven't performed a formal test.  but visually measuring hole diameter / depth in Louisiana mud, the doubletap frangible performed better.

If I were in a situation where I was using Glasers due to the possibility of Non-Combatant Collateral Damage (IE: crowded apartment building) I would not treat the Glaser as an Instant Fight Ender. It does, and has proven to be so in actual self defense situations, but not enough times for me to rely on a 1-2 shot fight stopper.

Not a chance. Ridiculously shallow penetration.

There's a test of a couple Magsafe loads on my channel, if you're interested. Same concept.

I would much rather use a low weight at high velocity than use these. Now I have shot a deer with DRT loaded to 1800 FPS from my LW and that deer dropped and never wiggled an ear. But the DRT are different than the safety Slug.

The Underwood 135 grain Nosler might be an excellent choice.

Inadequate penetration.

Quote from: Raggedyman on June 16 2015 09:03:00 AM MDT
Inadequate penetration.

Thank you very much for your input .

Full disclosure: I've never actually owned or shot any Safety Slugs (mostly due to cost and sheer skepticism) but I've seen a whole bunch of videos and read quite a few write-ups on the particular ammunition you're talking about (as well as the silver Safety Slugs) and everyone is usually in agreement: they mostly do what they advertise. And what they're advertised to do is penetrate very little (whether in the interests of ricochet or over-penetration mitigation) even when placing a direct hit on target.  Regarding your specific question, no, I don't use them for personal protection for exactly the same reason they're designed the way they are: they just don't penetrate deep enough and, for me, that's not a desirable trait. If that's what you want then by all means use it because they tend to excel at that as do several other super-light-weight rounds currently in production. Your priorities in a defensive ammunition choice are your own personal choice so if you prefer a round that produces results like the Safety Slug then that's what you should get. If you want more penetration, but still less than 10"-12" I'd recommend a light weight hollow point on the order of 135gr or so. My personal choice is a little heavier: the 155gr XTPs loaded by Underwood.

 Thank you very much for your input .