October 2004

‘Survivor’ Bullet Testing: .45 ACP 230-Grain Hollowpoints

We believe our tests of cartridges from Federal, Winchester, PMC, and Speer can point you toward a topnotch self-defense ammo that you can, and should, evaluate in your own handgun.

The Federal Classic 230-grain hollowpoints were our pick of five ammunitions tested.

The most commonly requested addition to Gun Tests has been for us to renew testing on ammunition. We’ve been examining the issue of ammunition testing for nearly two years, and eventually we came to the conclusion that much of the published work on ammunition testing focused too much on terminal performance—that is, what the bullet did after it hit the target.

Certainly this is important, but getting the bullet on target is much more important, in our view, so most of our focus is on performance before the bullet hits the target. Because we realize that results from our test gun can’t be extrapolated to every possible gun readers might own,…

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