Issue/duty

[Kenk]

My LGS has been searching for Super-X 175gr Silvertips for the last 2 months, and tells me none of their distributors can get it right now. They said it should be readily available for hunting season in the fall. This is a great rd to be sure. If anyone can find / order it please let me know

Hi Ken,

Unfortunately, not really - my distributors say they've actually had it on order, just haven't received any from Winchester.
So, wondering now if Winchester just doesn't produce a whole lot this time of year either!

Thanks,
-Kate

[The_Shadow]

Winchester does only a limited run of the Silvertips depending on orders or contracts... 

[Rick R]

I worked for a department for just shy of 30 years and we issued the S&W 1006 for several years. The main reason we switched to .40 S&W was Smith & Wesson quit making our pistols.  When we hired new officers they would have to be outfitted with a different weapon.  The other lesser reason was the lack of ammunition availability in the early 1990's.

We carried a 180gr XTP loaded by a boutique custom manufacturer to "warmish" levels (this was before chronographs were readily available).  They knocked road damaged deer over better than our previous.357 mag revolvers did.  We eventually adopted the Winchester Silvertip load and it performed quite well.  I wasn't impressed with any of the .40S&W loads we carried, they didn't seem any more effective than good 9mm loads.  We eventually settled on .45acp and the complaints from the troops went away.   As a side note, Law Enforcement firearms training has improved by leaps and bounds in the last couple decades.

I'm very sold on the 200gr Speer Gold Dot.  It's not heavily loaded but it's hotter than the short & weak.  A 200gr Gold Dot bullet will penetrate intermediate barriers well while still expanding in tissue.  It's very accurate out of my SR1911. I'm carrying them when I carry my 1911 and wouldn't have any problem issuing them to adequately trained officers.

[Olgo]

Believe it or not, you'd have done good with Winchester 40sw 180 Personal Protection. It's a budget ammo that does surprisingly well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBi9t7S0Fpg