What Is The Deadliest 9mm Self Defense Round?

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Summary

TLDRIn this video, the hosts explore the effectiveness of various defensive ammunition for concealed carry weapons, emphasizing the importance of shot placement and training. They test popular rounds like Hornady Critical Duty, Spear Gold Dot, and Federal HST using ballistics gelatin to assess their performance. The video highlights that while premium rounds generally perform better, even budget options can be effective if the shooter is trained and accurate. The hosts conclude that the choice of ammunition should be based on the environment and the shooter's ability, reinforcing that training is key to effective self-defense.

Takeaways

  • 🔫 Shot placement is crucial for effective self-defense.
  • 💥 Testing ammunition in ballistics gelatin helps visualize performance.
  • 📈 Premium rounds like Spear Gold Dot and Federal HST are proven performers.
  • 💰 Budget options can still be effective if you can shoot accurately.
  • 🧑‍🏫 Training is essential for using a concealed carry weapon effectively.
  • 🧥 Consider clothing types when selecting ammo for self-defense.
  • 📊 Hollow points expand on impact, creating larger wound channels.
  • 📉 FMJ rounds penetrate without expanding, which may not be ideal for self-defense.
  • 🔄 Recoil management is important for effective shooting.
  • 📝 Always match your ammo choice to your environment and personal needs.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The video begins with a focus on the importance of concealed carry weapons and shot placement for self-defense. The hosts introduce various popular defensive ammunition types, including Hornady Critical Duty and basic hollow points, and discuss their testing methods using ballistics gelatin and chronographs.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The hosts express gratitude to their sponsors, including Primary Arms and Henry Repeating Arms, while humorously discussing the costs associated with their testing equipment. They emphasize the significance of testing ammunition performance and the use of a high-speed camera for detailed analysis.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The hosts introduce the different types of ammunition they will be testing, including AAC 124 grain FMJ, Blazer 115 grain hollow points, and Hornady Critical Defense. They discuss the characteristics of each round and their expected performance in ballistic gelatin, particularly in relation to clothing.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    The testing begins with the AAC 124 grain FMJ, which performs adequately but lacks the expansion seen in self-defense rounds. The hosts note that while it is a common military round, better options exist for self-defense situations.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    Next, the Blazer 115 grain hollow point is tested, showing decent performance with good penetration and expansion. The hosts compare it to the Hornady Critical Defense, which is designed for better performance through clothing due to its pre-filled core.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    The Spear Gold Dot and Federal HST rounds are tested next, both showing excellent performance in terms of penetration and expansion. The hosts highlight the effectiveness of these rounds in law enforcement and self-defense scenarios, noting their proven track records.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:35:28

    The video concludes with a discussion on the importance of training and shot placement over ammunition choice. The hosts recommend several rounds based on their performance, emphasizing that even budget options like Blazer can be effective if the shooter is trained and capable. They encourage viewer engagement for future testing suggestions.

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Video Q&A

  • What is the best defensive ammo?

    The best defensive ammo varies based on personal preference and specific needs, but proven performers include Spear Gold Dot, Federal HST, and Hornady Critical Duty.

  • How does shot placement affect self-defense?

    Shot placement is critical; hitting vital areas increases the likelihood of stopping a threat effectively.

  • What factors should I consider when choosing ammo?

    Consider the type of clothing a potential threat may be wearing, the performance of the ammo in various conditions, and your own shooting ability.

  • Is training important for using a concealed carry weapon?

    Yes, training is essential to ensure you can effectively use your weapon and make accurate shots.

  • What is the significance of using ballistics gelatin in tests?

    Ballistics gelatin simulates human tissue, allowing for the evaluation of how different rounds perform upon impact.

  • Are cheaper rounds effective for self-defense?

    Cheaper rounds can be effective if they perform well in tests and you can accurately place your shots.

  • What is the role of recoil in ammo selection?

    Recoil affects how manageable a round is for the shooter, especially for those who may struggle with it.

  • What is the difference between hollow points and FMJ?

    Hollow points are designed to expand upon impact, creating larger wound channels, while FMJ (Full Metal Jacket) rounds typically penetrate without expanding.

  • Can I use any type of ammo for self-defense?

    It's best to use proven defensive rounds that are designed for self-defense situations.

  • What should I do if I can't afford premium ammo?

    If on a tight budget, using reliable, affordable options like Blazer can still be effective if you can shoot accurately.

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    obviously, the thing that's going to
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    with some very good defensive rounds.
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    So, what we have today is a lineup of
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    some of the most popular defensive
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    rounds such as what, John? So, I mean,
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    we got Hornady Critical Duty. We got
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    very basic. Yeah, Horny Critical Duty,
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    some very basic hollow points, and even
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    some more out there designs. I can't
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    wait. The point is, we're going to be
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    testing using ballistics gelatin, using
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    ballistics dummies, and chronographing
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    with some of the most common pistols how
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    these rounds are going to actually
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    perform. Teddan Grandanthm. What is the
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    best defensive ammo? Now, we of course
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    have to thank the sponsor. Sorry guys, I
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    was a little distracted. I was looking
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    through my Primary Arms 81, our favorite
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    very American. And if you go to
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    henrythun.com very special opportunity
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    there, but we can't talk about it. Now,
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    of course, you want to get better at
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    shooting, we recommend what, John?
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    Dryfire with Manis. There you have it.
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    Manchester is going to turn your weapon
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    into dryfire machine. Go and check them
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    out. And finally, all ammunition is
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    sponsored by AAC. Of course, we're using
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    a lot of different varieties, but we
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    ought to give them a big thank you. With
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    all that being said, talk is cheap.
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    Ballistic dummies are actually like
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    2,000 per dummy. So, it's actually quite
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    expensive. We're kind of We're kind of
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    in the red here. I mean, I was going to
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    round up homeless people. That's the
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    next option. I guess we should talk to
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    JD JD about that. Now, not only are we
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    testing these rounds to the utmost, but
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    we have a $400,000 Phantom camera, which
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    it's probably why we're in the red also,
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    but it gives us the coolest footage, and
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    we can very much so visualize to the
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    entirety of the wound track what that
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    round is going to do in ballistics
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    gelatin, which is not a good
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    approximation of human tissue, but
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    rather is showing you the performance of
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    each rounds in a controllable medium.
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    Now, before we do that, we're going to
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    be chronoing every single one of those
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    rounds because quite frankly, companies
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    do weird stuff when it comes to
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    chronoing. Now, we talked about the
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    setup. Let's go ahead. Let's take a look
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    at some of the rounds that we're going
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    to be using today. John, I know we have
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    a lot of different rounds here. Um, I
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    guess there's a lot to talk about, so
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    you want to go down the line, show
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    everybody what we're going to be using?
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    Yeah. So, as a good baseline, we have
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    AAC 124 grain. It's almost identical to
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    NATO spec. It's it's on the hotter side,
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    but just very basic FMJ ball. This was
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    like the BA M9. I shot like uh an
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    insurgent like eight times and and he
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    doesn't die. Yeah, he's just mad that
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    you shot him. I'm talking about
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    insurgency the game. So, next up it's
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    Blazer 115 Jack and hollow point. It
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    that's like it's not plus P. It's just
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    the most basic hollow point that
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    everyone has a couple boxes of laying
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    around. The Walmart special. You can buy
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    this almost everywhere and we're going
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    to see how it performs to some of the
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    like I guess you'd say proven
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    performers. Mhm. Yeah. So, next up is
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    another 115 grain hollow point and it's
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    Pornady Critical Defense. It's also not
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    plus P, but because it's meant for micro
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    9 mm, it doesn't really need to be plus
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    P. It is interesting. It is a filled
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    cavity in comparison to the hollow
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    points. Each of those rounds is going to
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    be traveling through a t-shirt, which
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    previously in our videos have shown to
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    be a problem with the traditional hollow
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    point. So, I'm interested to see how
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    these all perform. So, after that, we
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    have two very proven performers,
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    particularly with officer involved
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    shootings. 124 grain spear gold dot,
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    very good. That was like the round back
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    in the day, the longest. Um, and then
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    what predated it was Hydshock, but now
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    we have 124 grain plus PHST by Federal.
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    You remember Black Talons before they um
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    people would say they would go through a
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    bulletproof slip through your armor.
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    Yeah, that Yeah, it's not true. Yeah.
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    Again, another proven performer, but
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    technology has advanced in the past
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    forever. From there, my favorite round
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    personally is Hornady Critical Duty 124
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    plus P. I know that that's that's a new
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    standard among a lot of law enforcement
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    agencies right now. Yep. And then from
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    there, then we got your your less
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    traditional rounds. Some of them are
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    actually pretty solid. Some are more of
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    a meme, I guess you could say. First one
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    is a Lehi Defense XTP or extreme
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    penetrator. It looks like a Phillips
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    head screwdriver. These are known to
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    just zip like clean through gel blocks.
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    I mean, I'm sure we'll see the same
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    thing today. From there, actually very
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    impressive round even though traditional
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    wisdom doesn't really apply to it. The
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    G9 first responder external hollow
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    point. It's like the Lehi but with
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    different geometry. So, it just I mean
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    fluid dynamics stuff that I didn't pay
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    attention to in school. That's that's
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    fine, John. I went to school and I'm
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    equally [ __ ] So last this was this
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    is a big craze and I think like the
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    early 201s maybe the G2 it never went
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    away dude the RIP ammo it's really good
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    in Tarov I use it a lot in there in
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    Tarov you put this in Chris Vector you
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    just you never lose but it's G2 RIP or
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    radically invasive projectile and all
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    these little prongs that they call
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    troars meant to break apart in the body
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    immediately and cause their own wound
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    tracks and stuff. It looks pretty in gel
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    but it's very very questionable at best
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    in a real situation. Also, just side
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    note, I I would not use that for an
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    actual self-defense situation. You don't
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    know. Maybe it's going to crush in that
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    jail, dude. Just think about how it's
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    going to look in court is all I'm
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    saying. You know what I mean? So, I I I
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    guess that's a But it looks mean and
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    that's how people think. Is it worse
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    than shooting somebody with horny
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    rounds? No. You're trying to make love,
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    not war. So, now as far as who are we?
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    My name is Michael Jones, former Air
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    Force special warfare guy first as a
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    sear guy, then as attack P. And we got
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    John. John spent seven years in the
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    army. What did you do in the army, John?
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    I was in the army. John? John was in
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    275. Holy crap. Every time. The point is
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    between us, we have a good amount of
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    military experience, a lot of shooting
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    experience, and we're happy to educate
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    you. As far as the test procedures,
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    we're going to be using a Glock 19. The
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    reason we're using a Glock 19 is it sits
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    between a full-size handgun and some of
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    your more compacts. In fact, most people
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    do carry a Glock 19. It's called the
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    Professionals gun for a reason. That's
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    why we'll be using it. It has a 4.02 in
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    barrel. Now, we also have, we want to
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    give a little bit of love to the M&P.
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    This is the compact version, and it's
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    slightly longer, I believe, on barrel.
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    Yeah. 4.25 versus 4.02. So, these are
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    very similar in performance. We simply
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    wanted to show that there are other
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    options beyond the Glock 19. We're huge
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    fans of the of the M&P. That being said,
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    due to the just the massive amount of
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    Glock 19s, this was going to be our test
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    gun that we're going to be using. So,
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    with all that being said, let's go
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    ahead. Let's load this up with 124 grain
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    FMJ. that first little round and see how
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    it performs in gel or doesn't perform.
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    It's going to be terrible. It's going to
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    be terrible. So, one other thing about
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    the 19 is it has the exact same barrel
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    length as the newer Glock 45, which is a
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    very, very impressive handgun. Also, a
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    lot of law enforcement agencies are
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    switching to the Glock 45. Shout out to
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    Zach and Josh. And Glock 45, which is 9
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    mm. Yeah, very good handgun, but
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    identical barrel length. And I just
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    wanted to bring that up because the
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    ballistic performance you see from this
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    is going to be identical to a Glock 45,
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    which is their service pistol. So, can't
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    wait to test it out. Okay, first thing
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    we're going to do is we're going to
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    chrono the FMJ right here. So, we have
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    our standard round. We have our
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    chronograph. Let's see what the speed of
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    the round
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    is. Okay,
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    1,170 ft per second, which is just above
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    the speed of sound. This is pretty
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    typical for our 124 grain rounds. Let's
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    go and test some gel. 124 grain AEC.
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    Basically, your NATO standard round. And
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    three, two, one,
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    [Music]
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    action. Just about what you'd expect.
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    Just not a whole lot going on there. a
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    little bit of tumbling, but overall uh
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    we didn't see really good ballistics
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    expansion. With everything being said, I
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    do have to point out that although 124
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    grain FMJ is not the round you typically
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    want to select, it still did perform
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    pretty well. We saw the combustion as
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    the gel closed around it did tumble and
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    create good expansion. It's just that is
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    a temporary cavity and those are good,
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    but your permanent wound cavity just is
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    not as much as we typically see from a
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    more specifically designed self-defense
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    round. And I know everyone is quick to
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    point out the 124 grain 9 mm is the
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    military's round. However, many units
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    that actually use their pistols to
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    actually shoot people tend to use better
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    ammo such as spear or many other hollow
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    points. This is pretty typical. So, okay
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    performance, but not my first choice at
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    all, although very plentiful. Next up,
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    we have Blazer 115 grain hollow points.
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    This is your Walmart special. Let's go
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    and see what our speed
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    is. Okay, we have
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    1,184.8. Um, there's going to be
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    obviously some variation between all the
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    different rounds, but that is good
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    performance. Let's go ahead and let's
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    see how it performs on gels. 115 grain
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    blazer hollow point Walmart special. And
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    three, two, one,
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    action. There we go. Good job, Ranger.
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    So, you know, we were quick to point out
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    that the the permanent cavity is not
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    really that much. The temporary cavity
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    definitely looked impressive and we saw
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    good penetration in the gel block right
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    here. Overall, this doesn't look that
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    great. It looks like it did open despite
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    the t-shirt. I'm not really seeing many
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    problems when it comes to a thin
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    t-shirt. I'm sure as we like a hoodie
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    and a t-shirt for sure, but I mean,
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    we're getting into summer here, which is
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    what we're testing. We'll see how it
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    stacks up to the other rounds, but it's
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    our first hollow point right there. What
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    do you What do you think, John? Not bad.
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    I would say for the the Hornady Critical
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    Defense, it's probably going to look
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    almost identical, but it will perform
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    better with uh someone wearing like
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    thick clothing just because it has that
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    pre-filled core. This wasn't bad. Wasn't
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    great. What do they say in Chernobyl?
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    Not terrible, not great. Oh, and I
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    wasn't there, so No, no, no. It It was
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    in the TV show. You mean you weren't
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    there? Yeah, neither was I. I got John
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    has some really good information on the
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    upcoming, which is the Hornady Critical
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    Defense. So, right here, they're both
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    115 grains. And John, you want to talk
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    about the Ojive on them? So, we already
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    mentioned it has the pre-filled core
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    right here, which helps with going
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    through thick clothing, stuff like that.
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    But also, if you notice the Ojive, which
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    is like the I guess you could say the
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    shape of the of the projectile itself.
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    This is a smaller one than like
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    traditional 115 grain hollow point. The
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    reason for that is this is meant for
  • 00:11:46
    like your micro 9mm handguns that have
  • 00:11:49
    not that much internal volume inside the
  • 00:11:52
    handgun. Now, this this is probably
  • 00:11:54
    going to work fine, but it's just a
  • 00:11:56
    little bit extra insurance with these
  • 00:11:57
    things. Another one is uh along with the
  • 00:11:59
    critical duty round is it has like a
  • 00:12:01
    shelf on the projectile. So, whenever
  • 00:12:03
    you're rechambering this round over and
  • 00:12:05
    over, you know, you're going out, come
  • 00:12:06
    back home, unload your gun, you know,
  • 00:12:07
    yada yada yada. This prevents the round
  • 00:12:09
    from seating back into the casing. So, I
  • 00:12:12
    mean, overall, Hornady ammo is a very
  • 00:12:14
    well thoughtout round. Obviously, we
  • 00:12:15
    like it. We're not sponsored. It's just
  • 00:12:17
    a good round. So, let's go. Let's test
  • 00:12:19
    it out. See how fast it's going. All
  • 00:12:20
    right, we got Portidity critical defense
  • 00:12:23
    115 grain
  • 00:12:26
    1,121 smoking. It's moving. Okay, let's
  • 00:12:29
    go ahead. Let's do our last test here.
  • 00:12:31
    Hornady critical defense 115 grain.
  • 00:12:34
    Probably not going to perform much
  • 00:12:35
    different, but it has a good track
  • 00:12:37
    record. And three, two, one, action.
  • 00:12:49
    It's a little bit less penetration, but
  • 00:12:51
    honestly, like you said, John, it it
  • 00:12:53
    does look extremely similar in
  • 00:12:55
    performance to the uh Blazer hollow
  • 00:12:58
    point right there. I would say it's more
  • 00:12:59
    consistent across the board, whether
  • 00:13:01
    they're wearing thick clothing or if
  • 00:13:03
    you're using it in a micro 9. Hey, John.
  • 00:13:05
    Yeah. Compelling. Compelling. Okay, so
  • 00:13:07
    we're going to take a look here at this
  • 00:13:08
    gel block little postmortem right here.
  • 00:13:09
    It performed very well. You could see
  • 00:13:11
    that we did have some of the pedals
  • 00:13:12
    shear off of the slug itself, which is
  • 00:13:15
    awesome. But the majority of the weight
  • 00:13:16
    was retained in the slug, which is
  • 00:13:18
    mostly what we want to see here. It's
  • 00:13:19
    fairly similar performance. With that
  • 00:13:21
    being said, this round does perform more
  • 00:13:24
    consistently, I would say, in terms of
  • 00:13:25
    clothing. So, what we saw from it,
  • 00:13:28
    pretty good. You can see that both it
  • 00:13:29
    and the Blazer did open up very
  • 00:13:31
    similarly with the fact with the only
  • 00:13:33
    difference being that with the Hornady,
  • 00:13:35
    the pedals are much deeper and longer.
  • 00:13:38
    And also when they do come off, that's
  • 00:13:40
    just pretty brutal. But very similar
  • 00:13:42
    performance. So that's interesting to
  • 00:13:43
    see. Let's go ahead. Let's step it up to
  • 00:13:45
    the next round. Next up, we have Spear
  • 00:13:46
    Gold Dot. This is the 124 grain plus P.
  • 00:13:50
    This is a proven performer. In fact, you
  • 00:13:52
    use a very similar round on a
  • 00:13:53
    deployment, didn't you, John? H or
  • 00:13:55
    Hydrashock. Old school Hydroshock. Nice.
  • 00:13:57
    So, what we're seeing here is good
  • 00:13:58
    proven performance. And we'll see how it
  • 00:14:00
    actually looks in gel compared to what
  • 00:14:02
    we shot and what we will be shooting.
  • 00:14:09
    1,173. Now, the thing you also have to
  • 00:14:11
    consider is that we have some 115 grain
  • 00:14:14
    rounds that were going to similar speed.
  • 00:14:16
    This is 124, not 115. That is cooking
  • 00:14:20
    for 124. So, let's go and shoot it in
  • 00:14:23
    gel. See how it how it does. I will say
  • 00:14:25
    I carried spear gold dot for a long time
  • 00:14:27
    and I still occasionally do along with
  • 00:14:29
    federal HSD. So, this is a very I guess
  • 00:14:31
    you could say common route. Like within
  • 00:14:33
    law enforcement, this is used for a very
  • 00:14:35
    very long time. It's It's a fantastic
  • 00:14:37
    round, but this day and age, there are
  • 00:14:39
    slightly better options out there. There
  • 00:14:40
    you have it. Everything's incremental,
  • 00:14:42
    and that's why we're doing this video.
  • 00:14:44
    Exactly. Right here, we have 124 grain
  • 00:14:46
    spear gold dot plus B. John, would you
  • 00:14:48
    say this round is racist? We can 3 2 1
  • 00:14:57
    action. That is some wonderful
  • 00:15:00
    performance. Look at that. That is
  • 00:15:01
    nasty. Little bits of t-shirt in there,
  • 00:15:03
    too. Look at that hole. The t-shirt.
  • 00:15:06
    Here was the critical
  • 00:15:08
    defense. That's pretty wild. Yeah. Look
  • 00:15:10
    at that wound track. Woo. I caught you
  • 00:15:12
    had to dig [ __ ] out of It's right there.
  • 00:15:14
    Look. Yeah. I don't want to cut my
  • 00:15:15
    finger. You know, this feels like the
  • 00:15:16
    scene from Blackhawk Down when the dude
  • 00:15:18
    gets, you know. Oh, that is nasty, dude.
  • 00:15:21
    Now, you might wonder why it's called
  • 00:15:22
    the gold dot. And the answer is right
  • 00:15:25
    there. Okay. So, that opened up
  • 00:15:27
    beautifully right there. Let's go. Let's
  • 00:15:29
    take a look at the permanent wound
  • 00:15:30
    cavity and then kind of talk a little
  • 00:15:32
    bit about it. So, first off, our
  • 00:15:33
    temporary was massive on this guy. Um, I
  • 00:15:36
    would say this is our first really good
  • 00:15:37
    performer that we saw in the rounds that
  • 00:15:38
    we've shot. There is a difference
  • 00:15:40
    between your your Blazer 115 grain and
  • 00:15:43
    your more proven spear. But, let's go
  • 00:15:45
    ahead and let's take a look if you want
  • 00:15:46
    to get in close on this guy. As you can
  • 00:15:47
    see with our permanent wound cavity, we
  • 00:15:48
    have a really good permanent wound
  • 00:15:50
    cavity. We have bits of the t-shirt
  • 00:15:52
    that's that black material in there. And
  • 00:15:54
    we have all of the retained weight in
  • 00:15:56
    the slug right here, which is excellent.
  • 00:15:58
    And it opened up quite wide. The pedals
  • 00:16:01
    stayed intact. And this is a wonderful
  • 00:16:04
    performer. I don't believe you're ever
  • 00:16:05
    going to feel outgunned carrying Sphere
  • 00:16:07
    Gold Dot. So, let's go ahead and go to
  • 00:16:09
    its main competitor, which would be the
  • 00:16:10
    Federal HST, which is also a very
  • 00:16:14
    effective round that has um killed a lot
  • 00:16:17
    of people. Next up, we have the Federal
  • 00:16:20
    HST 124 PlusPB. Now, we fired a few plus
  • 00:16:24
    P rounds at this point, and we should
  • 00:16:26
    point out that you might not always see
  • 00:16:29
    the benefit from plus P depending on how
  • 00:16:31
    small your firearm is. So, you are going
  • 00:16:33
    to see the benefit in like a 19, but
  • 00:16:34
    you're getting down to your very small
  • 00:16:36
    weapons. You're going to get a lot more
  • 00:16:37
    flash, maybe not as much performance.
  • 00:16:39
    So, it's always good with any round that
  • 00:16:41
    you're going to select to use to always
  • 00:16:43
    chronograph it, make sure that you're
  • 00:16:44
    getting the speeds that you want to out
  • 00:16:46
    of it, and compare it pretty logically
  • 00:16:48
    to other rounds that might be more
  • 00:16:50
    suited to a subcompact gun. which is to
  • 00:16:52
    say I'm probably not going to run plus
  • 00:16:54
    P's in a small micro. Yeah, super micro
  • 00:16:56
    handgun. I'm just going to stick with
  • 00:16:57
    critical defense, something like that.
  • 00:16:58
    But that being said, let's go ahead and
  • 00:17:00
    let's see how fast it's
  • 00:17:04
    going.
  • 00:17:06
    1,182, which is very comparable to what
  • 00:17:09
    we saw from the Sphere Gold Dot. Let's
  • 00:17:11
    go ahead shoot it through gel. The
  • 00:17:13
    direct competitor to the Sphere Gold
  • 00:17:15
    Dot, the Federal HST 124 grain plus P
  • 00:17:19
    fired through a Glock 19. And this is
  • 00:17:21
    actually the best Glock 19, John, which
  • 00:17:22
    is which generation? You say three, but
  • 00:17:25
    I'd say four or five. Ready. And three,
  • 00:17:28
    two, one,
  • 00:17:32
    [Music]
  • 00:17:40
    action. We had a pass through. Oh, went
  • 00:17:43
    straight through. That is a great little
  • 00:17:44
    wound track right there. Once again,
  • 00:17:46
    Federal HST proven itself to be
  • 00:17:48
    extremely effective. This is a very What
  • 00:17:50
    would you call it, John? What type of
  • 00:17:52
    round is this? Oh, is that a fulls size
  • 00:17:54
    handgun performer? You wouldn't say it
  • 00:17:56
    maybe has a proclivity for certain skin.
  • 00:17:59
    So, if you come in and take a look at
  • 00:18:01
    this guy, really beautiful flowering
  • 00:18:03
    pedaling effect. That's not specifically
  • 00:18:05
    what you need. However, it is indicative
  • 00:18:07
    of very good, very consistent
  • 00:18:09
    performance. In addition to that, it
  • 00:18:11
    opened up massively. And this is just
  • 00:18:14
    wonderful. It retained almost all of the
  • 00:18:16
    slug itself. Now, we did fire two
  • 00:18:18
    rounds. One barely exited and we
  • 00:18:20
    couldn't find it and the other one we
  • 00:18:21
    put gel block behind it. We were able to
  • 00:18:23
    catch it. As a quick note for why we
  • 00:18:25
    have two wound tracks in this particular
  • 00:18:27
    gel. Um, and of course both me and John
  • 00:18:29
    are huge fans of Federal HST and this
  • 00:18:32
    will always be a recommended round
  • 00:18:34
    within the Grand
  • 00:18:36
    Theft Hornady Critical Duty. This is 124
  • 00:18:40
    grain plus P. This is John's favorite
  • 00:18:42
    round. John is cursed with autism. So
  • 00:18:44
    John will now talk about this round. So,
  • 00:18:47
    similar to the uh the critical defense,
  • 00:18:48
    it has that flex lock uh pre-filled
  • 00:18:50
    core, which helps it whenever going
  • 00:18:52
    through barriers, such as very thick
  • 00:18:53
    clothing, stuff like that. It also has a
  • 00:18:55
    slight shelf towards the top of the
  • 00:18:57
    round to keep it from seating back into
  • 00:18:59
    the casing whenever you're rechambering
  • 00:19:00
    over and over. Officer gets off duty,
  • 00:19:02
    unloads his gun, you know, over and
  • 00:19:03
    over. It helps prevent that. It's just
  • 00:19:05
    it's just a solid all-around performer.
  • 00:19:06
    I would say it's going to look rather
  • 00:19:08
    similar in those gel blocks to the other
  • 00:19:10
    stuff that we had in 124, but it is a
  • 00:19:13
    better general purpose round because it
  • 00:19:15
    does better in barriers. So,
  • 00:19:16
    interestingly enough, I'm pretty sure
  • 00:19:17
    Hornady designed that specifically to
  • 00:19:20
    beat the FBI test and then it turned out
  • 00:19:22
    to be a good round rather than trying to
  • 00:19:24
    make a good round that and then put it
  • 00:19:25
    against the test. Way to go, Hornady.
  • 00:19:27
    Yeah. Yeah. All right, let's go. Let's
  • 00:19:29
    test the speed on this guy. Plus P 124
  • 00:19:34
    grain.
  • 00:19:35
    1,178. As you're seeing with all these
  • 00:19:38
    124 grain plus P rounds, we're seeing
  • 00:19:40
    about the same amount of performance.
  • 00:19:42
    So, let's get some gel down, put a
  • 00:19:43
    t-shirt in front of it, see how it does.
  • 00:19:45
    Duty critical duty 124 plus P. We'll see
  • 00:19:48
    how it does. Two, one,
  • 00:19:55
    action. That looked energetic. Look at
  • 00:19:58
    that. Right to the very edge of the gel
  • 00:20:00
    block. How how advantageous for us. All
  • 00:20:02
    right, we have Hordy Critical Defense
  • 00:20:03
    right here. Now, as you can see, our
  • 00:20:05
    general kind of size of the projectile,
  • 00:20:08
    how big it opened up wasn't as large as
  • 00:20:09
    a spear or the Federal HST. Now, for
  • 00:20:12
    some that might be the end of the story
  • 00:20:14
    because, as you can see, the wound track
  • 00:20:15
    isn't quite as impressive. That being
  • 00:20:17
    said, there's more to it. So, one thing
  • 00:20:19
    that we want to look at also is going to
  • 00:20:20
    be consistent performance. So, in terms
  • 00:20:23
    of clothing and getting through
  • 00:20:24
    clothing, what you see is that hollow
  • 00:20:26
    points, traditional hollow points, tend
  • 00:20:28
    to not open up as readily and get
  • 00:20:30
    clogged more easily. This has been
  • 00:20:31
    proven in both our videos and many other
  • 00:20:34
    videos that are out there. We're not the
  • 00:20:35
    end- all beall. So although not as you
  • 00:20:38
    know intense and as violent as those two
  • 00:20:41
    other rounds, it still has consistent
  • 00:20:43
    and very good performance and
  • 00:20:45
    penetration just like those rounds. For
  • 00:20:47
    me, I tend to opt to carry different
  • 00:20:49
    types of ammunition during different
  • 00:20:50
    types of seasons. During winter and
  • 00:20:52
    stuff, I'll carry something like the
  • 00:20:53
    Critical Duty or the G9. Compared to
  • 00:20:55
    summer with lighter clothing, I have no
  • 00:20:57
    problem carrying Spear or HST. So
  • 00:21:00
    there's always more to the story. Make
  • 00:21:01
    sure that you're matching the ammunition
  • 00:21:02
    to where you live in Florida. man, maybe
  • 00:21:05
    it's not going to matter as much, but if
  • 00:21:06
    you're living in Montana, man, you might
  • 00:21:08
    want to think about carrying a round
  • 00:21:09
    that has more consistent performance
  • 00:21:11
    through thick clothing. Next up, we have
  • 00:21:13
    the Lehi Extreme Penetrator. I wonder if
  • 00:21:16
    they're Mormon. If you're Mormon, you'll
  • 00:21:17
    understand that reference. So, it's 115
  • 00:21:20
    grains. It's a low recoil load. So,
  • 00:21:22
    there's a lot going on here. Let's see
  • 00:21:23
    the penetration. Let's see how good it
  • 00:21:25
    performs in gel. My guess is probably
  • 00:21:28
    not that well. John, what do you think?
  • 00:21:29
    I think it's going to zip through wager.
  • 00:21:31
    All right, let's see what the speed is
  • 00:21:32
    on this guy.
  • 00:21:36
    Right.
  • 00:21:37
    1,093. So quite a bit slower being a low
  • 00:21:40
    recoil around and also lighter. That
  • 00:21:42
    definitely matches up. Let's go ahead
  • 00:21:44
    lift. Get ready with our gel block.
  • 00:21:46
    Dang, I didn't catch it. And let's see
  • 00:21:48
    how that works. All right, we have the
  • 00:21:49
    Lehi Phillips head screwdriver right
  • 00:21:51
    here. Extreme penetrator. You know,
  • 00:21:52
    people always like, how do you know
  • 00:21:54
    which is which? Like flathead versus
  • 00:21:55
    Phillips. It's like, well, flathead's
  • 00:21:57
    flat. So, kind of takes a lot of the
  • 00:21:59
    guesswork out of it, huh?
  • 00:22:01
    [Applause]
  • 00:22:06
    That was extremely low recoil. I will
  • 00:22:08
    say that much. Look at that. That was a
  • 00:22:10
    lot of penetration that went through the
  • 00:22:12
    first gel block and into the second gel
  • 00:22:14
    block before it stopped. And you know
  • 00:22:15
    what? That definitely extremely
  • 00:22:17
    penetrated just like you, John. All
  • 00:22:19
    right. This is a slug that has been
  • 00:22:20
    fired. You could probably actually just
  • 00:22:21
    load this guy right up and fire it again
  • 00:22:23
    cuz apparently it's fine. So you shoot
  • 00:22:25
    the guy and then reload the round. But
  • 00:22:28
    you know what? I really didn't think
  • 00:22:28
    this round would do well at all. That
  • 00:22:30
    being said, I'm pretty impressed with
  • 00:22:31
    the performance. Both being a low recoil
  • 00:22:34
    round. It was extremely pleasant to
  • 00:22:36
    fire. And on top of that, with the wind
  • 00:22:37
    track isn't like incredibly impressive,
  • 00:22:40
    but pretty on par with many of the
  • 00:22:41
    rounds that we've seen so far and
  • 00:22:43
    extremely good penetration. It did not
  • 00:22:46
    care at all what it was going through.
  • 00:22:47
    So, this one surprised me. Not my first
  • 00:22:50
    choice. However, not a bad performing
  • 00:22:52
    round at all, especially given the
  • 00:22:55
    amount of recoil that it generated for
  • 00:22:56
    me. This is a round I could recommend to
  • 00:22:59
    shooters who might struggle with recoil.
  • 00:23:00
    So, not bad at all. Let's continue.
  • 00:23:02
    Right here we have the G9 first
  • 00:23:04
    responder. A very interesting round and
  • 00:23:06
    in many ways kind of different from what
  • 00:23:08
    we've shown so far. I do want to point
  • 00:23:09
    out that we are big friends with G9.
  • 00:23:11
    They are Idaho bros and well, they've
  • 00:23:13
    supported the channel since like 2017 in
  • 00:23:15
    terms of showing us product demos and
  • 00:23:17
    giving us police reports and feedback on
  • 00:23:19
    how the round has been performing. G9's
  • 00:23:21
    a little weird in the fact that it
  • 00:23:22
    doesn't really perform wonderfully in
  • 00:23:24
    gel. It really does require living
  • 00:23:26
    tissue. So, with that being said, John,
  • 00:23:28
    do you want to go ahead and step in
  • 00:23:29
    frame here? No, I meant I'm going to
  • 00:23:31
    shoot you. Oh, yeah. But no, so I feel
  • 00:23:33
    like I'm I'm coping right now. But all
  • 00:23:35
    that being said, let's go and let's see
  • 00:23:36
    its performance. Let's go ahead and
  • 00:23:37
    let's start with speed. It is a 77 grain
  • 00:23:39
    round. Fairly low
  • 00:23:43
    recoil.
  • 00:23:45
    1,666. An unfortunate number, but you
  • 00:23:48
    know, go to hell, Satan. Well, I guess
  • 00:23:49
    you're already there, so fair enough.
  • 00:23:50
    Oh, got it. So, let's go ahead. Let's
  • 00:23:53
    see how it performs. So, we have a very
  • 00:23:55
    light round traveling extremely fast.
  • 00:23:57
    Now, a quick note on how this works. Uh,
  • 00:23:59
    John did some quick math on his phone,
  • 00:24:00
    and the round is traveling at about well
  • 00:24:03
    over 1,000 mph. So, you are mostly
  • 00:24:06
    water, especially your brain, but most
  • 00:24:08
    of you is water. So, it uses those
  • 00:24:10
    fluids in order to push everything
  • 00:24:12
    apart. And it is quite violent in
  • 00:24:14
    various animals that I've hunted with
  • 00:24:16
    it. It does very well. Obviously, I like
  • 00:24:18
    G9. I carry this a lot. G9 77 grain
  • 00:24:20
    first responder. John, you ever been to
  • 00:24:21
    those churches where like a giant
  • 00:24:23
    paperier-mâché devil comes out of the
  • 00:24:24
    ground, then the pastor sends him back
  • 00:24:26
    to hell with his guitar? I've never been
  • 00:24:28
    to one that cool. You're missing out.
  • 00:24:29
    Okay. In three, two, one, action.
  • 00:24:41
    Into the other. Oh my gosh. Wonderful.
  • 00:24:44
    Wonderful. I do love G9. Not a bad wound
  • 00:24:46
    track. Not bad at all. So, right here we
  • 00:24:48
    have the G9. The round is also fine.
  • 00:24:51
    Just go ahead and reload that little
  • 00:24:52
    sucker. So, shoot somebody, pull it out
  • 00:24:53
    of their dead body, and you're good to
  • 00:24:55
    go. Just kidding. Don't do that. Pull it
  • 00:24:56
    out of their what bike. Dead body
  • 00:24:58
    because they're dead. I don't know. So,
  • 00:25:00
    we have extremely good penetration. Did
  • 00:25:02
    not care about clothing. G9's one of
  • 00:25:04
    those rounds that does very well with
  • 00:25:05
    clothing due to the fact that it has
  • 00:25:06
    something that can get plugged. Similar
  • 00:25:08
    to the Lehi round with the fact that it
  • 00:25:10
    had really good penetration, similarly
  • 00:25:12
    low recoil. The difference being that
  • 00:25:13
    this is more kind of traditionally
  • 00:25:14
    shaped like an FMJ. So, might feed
  • 00:25:16
    better. I'm not going to I'm not going
  • 00:25:18
    to stick to that. Just going to say that
  • 00:25:19
    in terms of bullet shape, this could be
  • 00:25:21
    problematic for certain handguns. Now, I
  • 00:25:23
    will say I think it performed quite
  • 00:25:24
    well. It's put it under Spear and HST
  • 00:25:27
    and maybe about on par or a little bit
  • 00:25:29
    better than Critical Duty. John likes
  • 00:25:30
    Critical Duty more. He says not on to
  • 00:25:32
    that, but my channel. So, we've done a
  • 00:25:35
    lot of proven performers. Let's do a
  • 00:25:37
    meme round, which is RIP. Right here we
  • 00:25:39
    have G2 RIP. You ever seen Yellow Sun
  • 00:25:41
    gone? Uh, no, not really. Send RIP. All
  • 00:25:43
    right. Here you go. Talk about it. So
  • 00:25:45
    yeah, it's it's kind of a meme round. On
  • 00:25:47
    the box, it says the last round you'll
  • 00:25:48
    ever need. This is this is big like 10
  • 00:25:50
    15 years ago, something like that. It's
  • 00:25:52
    got these little what's called troars,
  • 00:25:54
    and it's just a machined piece of
  • 00:25:56
    copper, and these are meant to break off
  • 00:25:57
    as soon as they go in the body. It looks
  • 00:25:58
    really pretty on ballistics gel, but I
  • 00:26:00
    would say it's questionable at best.
  • 00:26:02
    Who's been shot with these rounds? I
  • 00:26:04
    mean, I'm sure certain individuals in
  • 00:26:05
    the city have you think I was about to
  • 00:26:07
    say the people who carry them like shoot
  • 00:26:09
    themselves in the leg and perform. Have
  • 00:26:11
    you ever seen a guy where he shoots
  • 00:26:12
    himself in the leg and he's like had an
  • 00:26:13
    ND shot myself in the leg round
  • 00:26:16
    performed great? Yeah, I mean I'm I'm
  • 00:26:18
    sure they they they're probably pretty
  • 00:26:19
    nasty on the human body. But that being
  • 00:26:21
    said, I would I just say think about how
  • 00:26:24
    this would look in court. Penetration
  • 00:26:25
    also matters. If this isn't getting good
  • 00:26:27
    penetration, then I have some questions.
  • 00:26:29
    All right, let's go. Let's see how this
  • 00:26:30
    guy is
  • 00:26:32
    speedwise. That was very light recoil.
  • 00:26:35
    1,236. Now, the rip is a 92 grain
  • 00:26:38
    projectile traveling at 1,236. a little
  • 00:26:41
    bit low. The recoil did feel that way.
  • 00:26:42
    I'm really interested to see how it's
  • 00:26:45
    going to perform in ballistic skeleton.
  • 00:26:46
    So, we're going to get some new stuff up
  • 00:26:47
    and see how it does. Tarov's favorite
  • 00:26:49
    9mm round. You know, this does look like
  • 00:26:52
    an AI generated 9 mm bullet. You'd be
  • 00:26:54
    like, "Chat GPT, make me a crazy 9 mil."
  • 00:26:57
    The deadliest 9 mm bullet in the world.
  • 00:27:00
    It would make this. Okay. In three, two,
  • 00:27:03
    one, action.
  • 00:27:09
    Oh, okay. So, I I need to point some
  • 00:27:12
    something out like right now. So, this
  • 00:27:14
    looks really cool. So, a ballistic jet
  • 00:27:17
    block about 3.5 in to 3 in of gel is
  • 00:27:21
    like equivalent to like less than an
  • 00:27:23
    inch of human skin. So, we have about 6
  • 00:27:26
    in of penetration. That's like 6 in
  • 00:27:28
    right there, right John? Let's see.
  • 00:27:29
    That's like 15 in. Yeah, it's like 15.
  • 00:27:31
    So, the point is that these pedals are
  • 00:27:33
    coming off almost immediately. And what
  • 00:27:35
    really kills when it comes to a round is
  • 00:27:37
    going to be penetration. You need to
  • 00:27:38
    make sure that you're hitting the vital
  • 00:27:40
    structures of the body. Usually the
  • 00:27:41
    stuff that's very vital isn't very close
  • 00:27:43
    to the surface unless you're shooting
  • 00:27:44
    the head, which case it doesn't matter
  • 00:27:46
    that much. Now, you do have part of the
  • 00:27:47
    projectile that goes deep, but this just
  • 00:27:49
    seems very gimmicky to me. But it looks
  • 00:27:51
    cool as hell. That's all that matters.
  • 00:27:52
    Okay, so we have some of the pedals as
  • 00:27:54
    well as the main projectile right here.
  • 00:27:56
    So again, I'm going to be the last
  • 00:27:57
    person to say this is not an effective
  • 00:28:00
    round. That's obviously not true. You
  • 00:28:02
    hit somebody in a vital area, you're
  • 00:28:03
    going to kill them. But today's video is
  • 00:28:05
    mostly about optimization. What is the
  • 00:28:07
    most optimal round for self-defense? And
  • 00:28:09
    because of the fact that the pedals
  • 00:28:11
    split apart so quickly, and again, like
  • 00:28:13
    we talked about before, that's going to
  • 00:28:14
    be fairly quick in the human tissue.
  • 00:28:17
    It's probably not your best option. I
  • 00:28:19
    would go with a proven round such as
  • 00:28:21
    Federal Spear, Critical Duty, G9, I
  • 00:28:24
    think is going to give you better
  • 00:28:26
    results. I think the most interesting
  • 00:28:27
    thing that we've done so far today is
  • 00:28:29
    the fact that many of the rounds
  • 00:28:30
    performed very similarly. There wasn't a
  • 00:28:32
    a massive amount of variation between
  • 00:28:35
    the rounds. They all performed well to
  • 00:28:37
    an extent and obviously Spearer and
  • 00:28:39
    Federal performed extremely well, but
  • 00:28:41
    there there's not as much of a
  • 00:28:43
    separation between the ballistic
  • 00:28:45
    performance of these rounds from what
  • 00:28:47
    you used to see to now. Ballistic
  • 00:28:48
    performance has gotten very good even in
  • 00:28:50
    cheap rounds like Blazer. Now, with all
  • 00:28:52
    those things being said, what we're
  • 00:28:54
    going to do now is we're going to bring
  • 00:28:54
    out a ballistic demo. We're going to
  • 00:28:55
    shoot it with some of the best
  • 00:28:56
    performers just so you can see what it
  • 00:28:58
    what it would look like going through
  • 00:29:00
    bone and tissue and that type of stuff
  • 00:29:02
    because well it looks cool and we can't
  • 00:29:04
    shoot homeless people. So this is about
  • 00:29:06
    as close as we can get until rules
  • 00:29:08
    change, right? Yeah. Yep. You know,
  • 00:29:10
    everyone's like, "Hey, I want to die by
  • 00:29:11
    firing squad. Why not die by firing
  • 00:29:13
    squad on Grandanthm?" Just a thought. So
  • 00:29:16
    next guy on death row, if you're
  • 00:29:17
    watching this, just see what happens.
  • 00:29:19
    You never know. We'll bring the phantom
  • 00:29:20
    camera. We'll bring the phantom just,
  • 00:29:22
    you know, JD Vance. He's already killed
  • 00:29:24
    the pope. What does the matter? First
  • 00:29:26
    up, we have G9 firing into the ballistic
  • 00:29:28
    dummy right here. If you're not familiar
  • 00:29:29
    with the ballistic dummy, this is an
  • 00:29:31
    approximation of a human. Way too
  • 00:29:33
    expensive. We have phone, we have blood,
  • 00:29:35
    we have tissues, we have everything. And
  • 00:29:38
    uh it's going to be good time.
  • 00:29:42
    Sorry, I'm speaking to somebody about
  • 00:29:44
    it. And three, two, one, action.
  • 00:29:53
    Look at that G9. Look at that flowering
  • 00:29:56
    as it enters. It immediately cracked the
  • 00:29:59
    rib right there as you can see. You want
  • 00:30:00
    to get a good closeup of that. And then
  • 00:30:02
    it looks like Oh, that is cool. So, we
  • 00:30:05
    have a support that's in here coming
  • 00:30:07
    through the the piping right there
  • 00:30:08
    that's filled. So, actually cracked
  • 00:30:10
    that. It would have obviously exited out
  • 00:30:12
    through the spine that it hit that
  • 00:30:13
    little support right there, but it still
  • 00:30:15
    crushed through it and completely
  • 00:30:16
    cracked it. Wonderful performance from
  • 00:30:18
    the G9. That's what we want to see. Next
  • 00:30:20
    up, we have See here, John's favorite.
  • 00:30:24
    Best there is a 124 grain plus P. Very
  • 00:30:28
    common law enforcement round. Let's see
  • 00:30:29
    how she performs. In three, two, one,
  • 00:30:33
    action.
  • 00:30:39
    Yucky. Yucky. I don't know about you,
  • 00:30:41
    John, but I would just be okay. Yeah.
  • 00:30:43
    Walk it off. Yeah. Built different.
  • 00:30:45
    Yeah, just built different. Okay, so we
  • 00:30:47
    have excellent performance. Now, the
  • 00:30:49
    flower in the pedaling was not as much
  • 00:30:50
    as we saw from the G9, but like we
  • 00:30:52
    talked about it before, consistent
  • 00:30:53
    performance through clothing. G9 does
  • 00:30:55
    it, too. Different strokes for different
  • 00:30:56
    folks. Cracked through the rib, went
  • 00:30:59
    straight through, and because there
  • 00:31:01
    wasn't the support arm there, we did
  • 00:31:02
    have it exit. Now, it still crushed
  • 00:31:05
    through all the bone. So, we have really
  • 00:31:06
    good performance because obviously if
  • 00:31:08
    you're shooting something that's living,
  • 00:31:09
    well, you're probably going to hit the
  • 00:31:10
    bone structure if you're shooting for
  • 00:31:12
    for uh center mass. So, you do want the
  • 00:31:15
    performance of those rounds to be able
  • 00:31:16
    to push through that. So, excellent
  • 00:31:18
    performance from Critical Duty. Let's go
  • 00:31:20
    ahead and let's try out Federal HST. Can
  • 00:31:23
    we shoot on the right side of the body?
  • 00:31:25
    So, when you're ready? Yes, sir. And
  • 00:31:26
    three, two, one, action.
  • 00:31:36
    Oh my gosh, look at this. Okay, so first
  • 00:31:38
    off, wonderful flowering and pedaling.
  • 00:31:40
    Larger than the G9. the other. Of
  • 00:31:42
    course, it's a traditional hollow point.
  • 00:31:43
    If you want to come in there and take a
  • 00:31:44
    close look. Okay. And even better,
  • 00:31:46
    traveled through the lungs here.
  • 00:31:48
    Traveled through the heart, deflected
  • 00:31:49
    down as it came through down through the
  • 00:31:51
    lungs. And we can see the slug right
  • 00:31:53
    there. Fully intact after just crushing
  • 00:31:55
    through everything. Wonderful
  • 00:31:56
    performance. Just what we want to see.
  • 00:31:58
    Next one we'll be trying is going to be
  • 00:32:00
    G2 Rip, which I just don't know how it's
  • 00:32:02
    going to perform really. I'll be pay
  • 00:32:04
    respect on my
  • 00:32:05
    ranch.
  • 00:32:07
    G2 Rip. And uh we'll see how it does. In
  • 00:32:11
    three, two, one,
  • 00:32:19
    [Music]
  • 00:32:21
    action. All right, here's our G2. Looks
  • 00:32:23
    like the pedals. Can't quite see them.
  • 00:32:26
    Okay, so we did have it exit out through
  • 00:32:28
    the lung right there. The little small
  • 00:32:29
    piece. Oh, and there's one of the
  • 00:32:31
    shards. It's kind of deep in there. So,
  • 00:32:33
    it performed like it did in gel, which
  • 00:32:34
    makes sense cuz we're shooting in gel
  • 00:32:36
    again. Hey, man. You shoot them in CNS
  • 00:32:38
    or the head, they're going to die. but
  • 00:32:40
    select a better round. Well, that brings
  • 00:32:42
    us to the end of our test so far. We've
  • 00:32:44
    tested a lot of different ammunition
  • 00:32:45
    types and there's a lot of takeaways
  • 00:32:46
    from this. I would say the biggest
  • 00:32:48
    takeaway is that really what it comes
  • 00:32:49
    down to is training. If you can't make
  • 00:32:51
    the hits, if you can't hit the vital
  • 00:32:52
    parts of the human body, well, your
  • 00:32:54
    rounds aren't going to really matter at
  • 00:32:55
    all. But if we are a good shooter, if
  • 00:32:57
    we're putting the rounds where they need
  • 00:32:58
    to go, this is where really kind of
  • 00:33:01
    gaming the system and choosing the best
  • 00:33:03
    rounds possible is really going to come
  • 00:33:05
    into play. All of us should be trained
  • 00:33:07
    shooters. We should all should be dry
  • 00:33:08
    firing. you should be familiar with our
  • 00:33:09
    weapons. So, choosing the best rounds
  • 00:33:11
    possible is definitely in your best
  • 00:33:13
    interest. I would say of the rounds that
  • 00:33:15
    we tested, depending on, you know, the
  • 00:33:18
    environment that you are, whether people
  • 00:33:19
    are wearing thick clothing or not thick
  • 00:33:21
    clothing, I would say both Spear Federal
  • 00:33:23
    and of course G9 and Hornady Critical
  • 00:33:26
    Duty all perform extremely well or all
  • 00:33:29
    proven performers. But I was also very
  • 00:33:31
    surprised by Lehi with their with their
  • 00:33:33
    XP round. It performed pretty well
  • 00:33:35
    actually. A GTU is a bit of a meme as
  • 00:33:38
    far as their rip round. That being said,
  • 00:33:40
    if you hit somebody where they need to
  • 00:33:42
    be hit, so long as it can penetrate
  • 00:33:43
    adequately, you're still going to kill
  • 00:33:44
    somebody. My point is is train, select
  • 00:33:47
    good ammo, and I think you're going to
  • 00:33:48
    be fine. John, yeah, the the only thing
  • 00:33:50
    I'd say is um if you're on like a tight
  • 00:33:51
    budget and all you got is the good, you
  • 00:33:53
    know, Walmart special Blazer 9 mil, it's
  • 00:33:55
    it's not as pretty, not as violent, but
  • 00:33:57
    if if you can get the rounds where they
  • 00:33:59
    need to go, like you're going to be
  • 00:34:00
    fine. So training is what matters at the
  • 00:34:02
    end of the day. Absolutely, guys. We
  • 00:34:03
    hope you guys enjoyed this video quite a
  • 00:34:05
    bit. We know we did. I'm always kind of
  • 00:34:07
    surprised at the results that we get. I
  • 00:34:09
    kind of knew that Spear and Federal are
  • 00:34:11
    going to perform so well, but I'm always
  • 00:34:12
    impressed by Hornady Critical Duty as
  • 00:34:14
    well as apparently Lehi. I'm I'm I might
  • 00:34:17
    actually start recommending that round
  • 00:34:18
    to certain people who have problems on
  • 00:34:20
    recoil control because it is a very soft
  • 00:34:23
    shooting round. So guys, if you have any
  • 00:34:25
    recommendations on us testing different
  • 00:34:26
    types of ammo, we are all ears. We can
  • 00:34:29
    do a whole video on mean ammo types. We
  • 00:34:32
    are more than happy to do so. Go and get
  • 00:34:34
    in the comments. Tell us what you like
  • 00:34:35
    best. And of course, as always, stay
  • 00:34:37
    cool. Stay train. Final dad advice for
  • 00:34:39
    you guys is going to be, you know what,
  • 00:34:41
    drink some water. I know you're
  • 00:34:42
    dehydrated right now. You might tell
  • 00:34:44
    your girl to drink water, but you know
  • 00:34:45
    what? I bet you're not peeing. You know,
  • 00:34:48
    what is it? That light lemonade color.
  • 00:34:49
    Remember they have they have the house
  • 00:34:51
    is a It's like in basic Did they have
  • 00:34:53
    like thearts? Yeah, they have the charts
  • 00:34:55
    on what your color should be. It's like
  • 00:34:56
    a light lemonade and no one ever adhered
  • 00:34:58
    to it. Well, you just you just I don't
  • 00:35:00
    know. I like kidney stones.
  • 00:35:07
    So, this game this next one. Um, so Oh
  • 00:35:11
    my god. Hold on.
  • 00:35:14
    I That's a B- roll right there. All
  • 00:35:16
    right. Still rolling. Still rolling. All
  • 00:35:18
    right. Cool.
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