Ammo selection for Ruger LCP

[CZShooter]

MB quoted someone (it's late and I can't remember who) who said the only reason to use a handgun is to fight your way to the rifle - which you should never have put down in the first place.

On the other hand, you use what you have, and in the US, you can't walk around in a tutu and pumps with an M4 slung over your back like in Israel.   

Gotta love the girls of the IDF...

[Michael Bane]

Corbon DPX in mine...interested in the new LCP-specific round coming from...sorry...they swore me to secrecy! I'll let you know how they work...

mb

[twyacht]

Corbon DPX in mine...interested in the new LCP-specific round coming from...sorry...they swore me to secrecy! I'll let you know how they work...

mb

Uh,... MB for us lowly P3AT owners, (that enjoy them immensely), will that fancy LCP ammo perform in the another "pocket pistol?"

[Solus]

I picked up a Glock 21SF from a Gunsmith a few weeks ago and he told me at the time I shouid strongly consider using Corbon DPX for defense.  He stated that it's documented kill percentage in hunting is the highest.  I should have asked him where he found this documentation.  However, I am researching this....slowly..I have a lot of 230gr JHP on hand....

I spoke to a friend who does much rifle shooting and hunting about Corbon.  He said that it tends to over penetrate and copper fouling it excessive.

Well, I  have an LCP on order and I'd be looking for as much penetration as this small round can provide.  Perhaps the Corbon would have an edge.  It's expansion seems to be excelent also.  I doubt copper fouling would be excessive at pistol velocities. 

[Hazcat]

Winchester Silver Tips in my .380.  Best penetration and expansion from self testing.

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[Rastus]

Corbon DPX in mine...interested in the new LCP-specific round coming from...sorry...they swore me to secrecy! I'll let you know how they work...

mb

"...they" They?  I smell conspiracy.  Methinks there are industry insiders keeping information from the public until "they" can control "the vertical and the horizontal" ...aka Twilight Zone.  Out with it I say ! ! !  Who are "they"?

C'mon...we won't tell.  

[2HOW]

"Stopping Power" and auto handguns don't go together.

There are many ways to describe the inability of a handgun to reliably stop anything, but I prefer a passage from Andy Stanford's book, "Handguns are bullshit."

Throw in some hollow points and train to hit vital areas. Imagine a triangle created from the nipples to the throat.

  +1 being concerned about feeding in these small pistols with a steep feed ramp, along with other inherent problems with some hollow points Im gonna buy the new Federal 124 gr. EFMJ for my PF9, and PT140 Im still gonna shoot Gold dots in my 1911 however.

[cody6.0]

  +1 being concerned about feeding in these small pistols with a steep feed ramp, along with other inherent problems with some hollow points Im gonna buy the new Federal 124 gr. EFMJ for my PF9, and PT140 Im still gonna shoot Gold dots in my 1911 however.

Not to come off as an ass but what do his comment and yours share that you go +1?

He says to use hollow points because and aim for vital areas and you are worried about feed problems with hollow points.

Then again this ignorant fool belives a auto handgun has no stopping power.

[KW Gary M]

"Stopping Power" and auto handguns don't go together.

There are many ways to describe the inability of a handgun to reliably stop anything, but I prefer a passage from Andy Stanford's book, "Handguns are bullshit."

Throw in some hollow points and train to hit vital areas. Imagine a triangle created from the nipples to the throat.

I guess millions of dead people failed to read that passage before they were shot with a handgun.

[cody6.0]

I guess millions of dead people failed to read that passage before they were shot with a handgun.

The guy that wrote the book is a very good example of a true idiot.

I would bet the same ignorant fella is one of those people who say " Oh it's only a .22 " with a little grin on his face. Yet I could drop an unwanted guest with less than five rounds out of my 10/22.

Obviously this fool thinks everyone who died from gun wounds were shot with a 30.06 or shotguns.

I am sure he considers stoping power different than lethality but still even my .380 would end any efforts of harm to me or my family without even empting the magazine.