Interesting column by Masaad Ayoob in the March/April 2015 issue of American Handgunner.
ATK, which owns Speer, Federal and Lake City Arsenal, is about to bring out on the law enforcement market a 9mm 147 gr. hollow point cartridge called the Gold Dot 2. This new bullet evidently pretty much mitigates the problem of HP bullets becoming non-expanding "solids" caused by their cavity filling up with whatever material the bullet is passing through - wallboard, clothing etc.
A bit back from the Gold Dot 2's nose is a cannelure and "...just below the edge of the hollow cavity is a flat surface, ridged like a miniature shotgun shell, and beneath it is silicone. Contact with a firmly resisting target drives this elastomer rearward and outward inside the hollow point cavity, spreading the bullet outward."
On bare gel it left an impressive cavity, delivered 15" of penetration and expanded to a diameter of 0.737". After going through a piece of wallboard, which is notorious for plugging HP cavities, the bullet again penetrated 15" in gel and expanded "...impressively." *
The column went on to say that the FBI is on the verge of dumping its
40 S & W issued handguns and is going to 9mm pistols and the Gold Dot 2 will be the issued load. Evidently the Gold Dot 2 is "...problematic..." in 40 S & W cartridges and "...hard to get to work properly..." in 1911 and Glock 21 45ACPs'. Unfortunately the Gold Dot 2, according to the column, won't be available on the civilian market for a few years.
Interesting though that the FBI is following a growing trend of other LE agencies and dropping the .40 S & W in favor of the ol' standby - the 9mm Parabellum.
Hoppe's no. 10
ATK, which owns Speer, Federal and Lake City Arsenal, is about to bring out on the law enforcement market a 9mm 147 gr. hollow point cartridge called the Gold Dot 2. This new bullet evidently pretty much mitigates the problem of HP bullets becoming non-expanding "solids" caused by their cavity filling up with whatever material the bullet is passing through - wallboard, clothing etc.
A bit back from the Gold Dot 2's nose is a cannelure and "...just below the edge of the hollow cavity is a flat surface, ridged like a miniature shotgun shell, and beneath it is silicone. Contact with a firmly resisting target drives this elastomer rearward and outward inside the hollow point cavity, spreading the bullet outward."
On bare gel it left an impressive cavity, delivered 15" of penetration and expanded to a diameter of 0.737". After going through a piece of wallboard, which is notorious for plugging HP cavities, the bullet again penetrated 15" in gel and expanded "...impressively." *
The column went on to say that the FBI is on the verge of dumping its
40 S & W issued handguns and is going to 9mm pistols and the Gold Dot 2 will be the issued load. Evidently the Gold Dot 2 is "...problematic..." in 40 S & W cartridges and "...hard to get to work properly..." in 1911 and Glock 21 45ACPs'. Unfortunately the Gold Dot 2, according to the column, won't be available on the civilian market for a few years.
Interesting though that the FBI is following a growing trend of other LE agencies and dropping the .40 S & W in favor of the ol' standby - the 9mm Parabellum.
Hoppe's no. 10
9mm Gold Dot 2...FBI etc...
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