Does anyone have any thoughts on one vs. the other? I have hydra-shock's in my carry guns now, but a little reading has told me HST's are "new and improved" with better expantion and over all performance. Thoughts/ experiances?
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Does anyone have any thoughts on one vs. the other? I have hydra-shock's in my carry guns now, but a little reading has told me HST's are "new and improved" with better expantion and over all performance. Thoughts/ experiances?
Well maybe I'll run the rest of the hydrashok through both guns and pick up some HST. Seeing as I have never looked for it, how hard is it to come by?
.40 & .38, and maybe .45.
The Hydra-Shok will still put someone down - I still have a bunch of them loaded in my HD gun (.357) and a bunch of .40s and some 185gr .45s.
The HSTs are simply newer, better designed/more modern, and probably more effective.
Now, as to why I still keep the M520 loaded with Hydra-Shoks: I'm pretty sure that a couple rounds of .357 will deal with just about any threat, regardless of the bullet.
If he was still around, a guy by the name of Coates would disagree with you. He nailed a POS 4 times with one and it didn't drop him. All handgun calibers can (and often do) fail, but you already knew that. Plan on a cylinder dump, and if it only takes 2, count your blessings. I don't know what the .357 hydras do, but if they use a bullet similar to the 9mms, they probably work fine. If you ever expend those, the Speer 125 and 158s are pretty much the go-to rounds. There are a bunch of others that are probably decent, too... I bet the HST 357 loadings work well.
Obviously the usual mantra about hitting the bad guy where it counts applies.. without that, none of this matters. The better bullets are just "one louder".
Four Seasons has the .40 HST in a plain white box (factory overruns) on special for $20. I just may have to go pick some up. They also still have Winchester PDX1 in .40 for $25 (also in a plain box).
I'll make the long drive there for guns, but I'd spend more in gas going there and back than I would for a $20 box of ammo! But thanks for the info, I may hold off for a bit if I cant find it here, and use it as an excuse to get a new gun. I cant make that trip for ammo alone
I too am curious what the experts here think as I carry Hornady Critical Defense in both my .380 and .45(sorry to jack the thread)
where does everyone feel the Hornady Critical Defense rounds stand in this ? i carry them in my 9 and 45, and im just curious as to what your take is on THEM, compared to either of these two .....
(sorry to jack the thread)
where does everyone feel the Hornady Critical Defense rounds stand in this ? i carry them in my 9 and 45, and im just curious as to what your take is on THEM, compared to either of these two .....
Four Seasons and Rileys in NH have it, maybe other gun shops... call around before visiting.
-Mike
Just so everyone knows, HST cannot be sold to civilians anymore, it is law enforcement only! Good friends that work at Rileys told me, they got in a minor dispute with Federal because they sold it, including a box to me, glad I have it now
Just so everyone knows, HST cannot be sold to civilians anymore, it is law enforcement only! Good friends that work at Rileys told me, they got in a minor dispute with Federal because they sold it, including a box to me, glad I have it now