I needed some personal defense ammo for my carry gun and bought some Winchester PDX1 Defender 9mm +P 124gr Bonded Jacketed Hollow Points. Paid just over $1 a round...ouch.
My normal range / plinking ammo is S&B 115gr round nose stuff. It's nice and snappy and I've got 1,500 rounds through this P30 with ZERO fails.
The PDX1 ammo functions smoothly despite the large cavity. I put 50 rounds through with zero fails. It feels just a tad bit snappier than the S&B and the box has it rated at 1,200 FPS and 396 foot pounds at the muzzle. Point of impact was consistent with my range ammo which was nice.
I'd say this ammo is good to go in the P30 and I'm going to carry it. Found a couple vids on youtube...one showed excellent expansion and the other not-so-much. The one with no expansion was shot through four layers of denim before the gel and it filled the bullet cavity preventing expansion. I'm not too concerned about bad guys wearing four coats, so I'm going with it.
Here is the blurb from Cheaper Than Dirt from 9mm Luger +P Winchester PDX1 Defender 124 Grain Bonded JHP Bullet 1200 fps 20 Round Box S9MMPDB
The new 9mm Winchester PDX1 Defender 124 grain +P is engineered to do one thing and that is to "stop the threat." At its core, the bonded jacketed hollow point bullet is engineered to maximize terminal ballistics, as defined by the demanding FBI test protocol. In fact this round was chosen by the FBI as their primary service round, and it is now available to the general public. So whatever you find yourself defending, this round delivers.
Muzzle velocity: 1200 fps
Velocity at 50 yards: 1095 fps
Muzzle energy: 396 ft/lbs
Energy at 50 yards: 330 ft/lbs
Uses: Personal Protection, Self Defense
My normal range / plinking ammo is S&B 115gr round nose stuff. It's nice and snappy and I've got 1,500 rounds through this P30 with ZERO fails.
The PDX1 ammo functions smoothly despite the large cavity. I put 50 rounds through with zero fails. It feels just a tad bit snappier than the S&B and the box has it rated at 1,200 FPS and 396 foot pounds at the muzzle. Point of impact was consistent with my range ammo which was nice.
I'd say this ammo is good to go in the P30 and I'm going to carry it. Found a couple vids on youtube...one showed excellent expansion and the other not-so-much. The one with no expansion was shot through four layers of denim before the gel and it filled the bullet cavity preventing expansion. I'm not too concerned about bad guys wearing four coats, so I'm going with it.
Here is the blurb from Cheaper Than Dirt from 9mm Luger +P Winchester PDX1 Defender 124 Grain Bonded JHP Bullet 1200 fps 20 Round Box S9MMPDB
The new 9mm Winchester PDX1 Defender 124 grain +P is engineered to do one thing and that is to "stop the threat." At its core, the bonded jacketed hollow point bullet is engineered to maximize terminal ballistics, as defined by the demanding FBI test protocol. In fact this round was chosen by the FBI as their primary service round, and it is now available to the general public. So whatever you find yourself defending, this round delivers.
Muzzle velocity: 1200 fps
Velocity at 50 yards: 1095 fps
Muzzle energy: 396 ft/lbs
Energy at 50 yards: 330 ft/lbs
Uses: Personal Protection, Self Defense