Re: Buffalo Bore 95g JHP and P3AT - Brief Range RE
I like the BB ammo. That said, I also like the critical defense ammo. Here is my take on it:
BB has much, much more energy (depending on caliber and type, you get either more velocity or a bigger slug).
Hornady expands but its energy is much lower. In some calibers, I am ok with this, but in 380 and makarov, I really question how much penetration the low velocity ammo will have behind an expanded hollow point.
My preferred load is to just mix the BB ammos in my 380 (sig), altertating hollow points and ball. In more powerful rounds, 9mm and up, I use critical defense which I trust to both expand and penetrate in the more potent loads.
I do not have access to a range that allows trash/etc, so all that is just based off other folk's work combined with the stated potency of the ammos from both their own and other's web sites. So, really, I am just sharing the conclusions I reached from reading all the tests done by everyone else... again, for whatever that is worth.