9mm Hollow Point??What is the best 9mm hollow point ammunition for duty carry in Dallas Tx?

Question

Also what is the best practice round in 9mm? Would I get any type of tax deduction from the government when I become a police officer and I have to buy my own practice and duty ammunition??

Answer 1

My department issues Gold Dot ammunition, as the brand offers rounds with a higher grain than most.  Yes, you should be able to get a tax deduction since you have to supply your duty ammo.

Pilgrim,

I'm sure CT does not want to "blow 'em apart."  Hollow points are used because they have better stopping power than that of a fully jacketed round.  Fully jacketed rounds are capable of passing directly through the body of an attacker and moving on to the next person.  This is not good.  Imagine someone advancing toward you with a weapon.  You have to stop this person without injuring an innocent person.  Have you ever been in that situation?  I didn't think so.  When you pull your head out of the clouds, you will be able to see the need for a round like the hollow point.

Answer 2

When you get hired your department should issue your ammunition.  Most of the practice ammo is whatever is cheapest.  Duty Ammo usually is high grade.  My department issues Gold dot .45.

a note to "Pilgrim"... there is a reason it is called deadly force...

Answer 3

Corbon DPX

Answer 4

You will probably be issued duty ammunition and practice ammo will be made available when you qualify.

Personally, For duty ammo I  prefer Hornady XTP or Golden Sabre. For Qualification and practice, any FMJ round will do. CCI is a good quality and low price ammunition for that purpose.

Now, as for Pilgrim and chilebreath's comments. Police Officers use Hollow Points because we don't want the bad guys to keep coming at us. Pilgrim, Police Officers don't shoot to wound! It's called "Deadly Force"for a reason. And chilebreath, I don't want a bullet that keeps going and going and going. Because they go right through a bad guy and through the wall, through the door, through the innocent bystander or partner behind that wall or door.          

Answer 5

if you become a cop, they issue you all of your equipment, you dont have to buy anything, but if you do,

grab S&W 9mm for your target shooting (ball ammo, smith and wesson)

and any hollowpoint will do the trick, although you may need to import it yourself, it may or may not be legal in your state.

make sure you do practice with hollows separately as well, they feel different.

9mm rounds have very little stopping power, they are precise wadcutters. Hollowpoints shatter and cause more tissue damage, something an officer probably wont need very often.

Answer 6

You want hollow point for "duty carry"?

So you don't just want to aprehend suspects in flight, you want to kill their sorry a$$.

What kind of officer are you?  The "kill 'em first & ask questions later" kind?

Or the "Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out" kind?

I really don't want you in a blue uniform.  In Dallas or anywhere else.  

Spend a few tours in Afghanistan and come back when you're ready to SERVE the people in Dallas, not blow 'em apart with hollow-points.

Answer 7

Let's take a quick minute and discuss the use of hollow points for on-duty use.  Granted, everyone and their brother who thinks they are a firearms whizz all say you need to use hollow points in the field, but here's the negative side: hollow points are designed to expand quickly and disperse all their energy in flesh and tissue for maximim stopping power (not knockdown power).  The only problem with this is when you have to pump rounds through a door or a window to get the suspect hollow points expand (i.e., mushroom and slow down), and there's little or no energy left for the suspect.  A round nose bullet on the other hand (FMJ) in the right caliber (.45 ACP) will do two things; first, it will plow through a door or other obstruction cleanly and still have energy left to take care of a suspect on the other sise and, two, a FMJ round will also feed better (more dependable) in a semiauto.  Obviously the use of hollow points over FMJ rounds is a personal choice, but if you think about it the FMJ is realistically the better choice for field personnel.

Comments, arguments and/or opinions to the contrary?