"Best" defense loads?

[Intercooler]

Line 2 has all the data including gel for the 165.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ak5OC6bPsjO8dEh6eGZ3N3hpUU13SXM5cm9pZy16T0E&usp=drive_web#gid=8

[P33v3]

Line 2 has all the data including gel for the 165.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ak5OC6bPsjO8dEh6eGZ3N3hpUU13SXM5cm9pZy16T0E&usp=drive_web#gid=8

Cool Thanks. So it looks like the 165gr weight may be the nice medium for faster moving projectiles for the 10mm.

[Raggedyman]

I agree. Most of the 165 gr bullets I've tested penetrated adequately. Theoretically, a lighter, faster bullet will have less drop and make it easier to engage targets farther out than you would normally shoot with a handgun, too.

Take a look at my YouTube channel. Lots of 10mm. http://www.youtube.com/user/chopinbloc

[Dann Fassnacht]

The load I carry in my Glock 20SF is the 175 grain Hornady Critical Duty...But that's only because I can't locate any 10mm Win. Silvertips anywhere near where I live.

[4949shooter]

The load I carry in my Glock 20SF is the 175 grain Hornady Critical Duty...But that's only because I can't locate any 10mm Win. Silvertips anywhere near where I live.

No kidding! Midway had cases and individual boxes in stock last night when I went to bed. I woke up this morning and they are out of stock already.

[Mike_Fontenot]

I carry DoubleTap Nosler JHP's in my 10mm Kimber Eclipse Custom II, with 150gr, 180gr, and 200gr bullets alternating in each of my three mags.  The DoubleTaps have always run better in my gun than anything else, and I also saw a few possible signs of overpressure (missing primers in the ejected brass) in some of the Underwood 155gr or 180gr GD's I was shooting for a while ... although I never saw any smiles or bulges with them.