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8 minutes ago, Bamaboy said:

Need something fmj or jhp. What do you recommend and how much. Looking to buy between 3-4 thousand. 

FMJ will have exposed lead base. MG covers the base and markets it as a CMJ. Both brands are good bullets.

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The MG, RMR and PD 124 gr JHP's are all good,

but the MG's are more expensive.

 

The PD's are good and inexpensive (relatively) but only the

RMR's are supposed to double as target and self defense 

loads.

 

For my money it's 1.  RMR  2.  PD, and 3. MG.     :) 

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24 minutes ago, Hi-Power Jack said:

The MG, RMR and PD 124 gr JHP's are all good,

but the MG's are more expensive.

 

The PD's are good and inexpensive (relatively) but only the

RMR's are supposed to double as target and self defense 

loads.

 

For my money it's 1.  RMR  2.  PD, and 3. MG.     :) 

I like the idea of the RPR being dual use. I carry Speer gold dot 124 in my main carry magazines. But it would be nice to have all my extra mags loaded as well. How do they perform

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I haven't tried them, personally, but I've read here that they perform well.

 

That said, I do like using different bullets for Minor and Major - makes it

easier to distinguish between the two - so I load 147's in my Minor loads

and 124's in my Major loads    :) 

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I started buying Everglades Ammo 124 JHP V2. They have a more rounded profile up to the hollow point, feed much better than truncated point JHPs. I think they were very similar in price to PD when I bought 2000.

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1 hour ago, Bamaboy said:

Why do they need to be seated deeper?

The RMR new design has a longer bearing surface with a shorter ogive.  I had to reseat my first batch that I had loaded to 1.075" overall length.  At that length the bullets were fully contacting the rifling in one of my pistols.  Basically they didn't pass the "plunk" test in that pistol.  

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2 hours ago, Ssanders224 said:

While not marketed as a defensive bullet, I’ve heard the Precision Delta 124 JHPs do expand pretty nicely ;) 

 

Fired into calibrated 10% ballistic gelatin, through FBI spec “heavy cloth” barrier. 13” of penetration. 

 

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That’s awsome info. Got few weeks was thinking of loading up for Home defense 

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32 minutes ago, Steve RA said:

Now I've looked again and the Jacketed HPs popped up.  so, skip the previous question.  Although their site says that bullet is presently unavailable.

It was in stock when I ordered it

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  • 4 weeks later...

Everglades JHP V2 are unbelievably accurate. I tested their 115gr JHP V2 vs. Hornady 115gr XTP (Not the HAPS) and the Everglades were significantly more accurate. They can be had for 7.5 cents shipped per when they are running promotions - 25,000 rounds later, I will not shoot another bullet.

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On 9/6/2018 at 8:50 AM, Ssanders224 said:

While not marketed as a defensive bullet, I’ve heard the Precision Delta 124 JHPs do expand pretty nicely ;) 

 

Fired into calibrated 10% ballistic gelatin, through FBI spec “heavy cloth” barrier. 13” of penetration. 

 

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Did you happen to chrono this round? Be good to know what velocity it takes to get that expansion. Thx!

 

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