My handloads,124 gr. and 147 gr.

For carry fodder,Speer Gold Dot 124 gr. standard or + P .

I assume that you are talking about feeding a Glock, which will eat almost anything.

I like Perfecta and American Eagle for match and "normal" use. For most of my practice I use Federal Champion (from my Walmart) because of the price.

For carry I use Hornady Critical Defense, but for any of these it depends on what you are comfortable with and what you can shoot well.

I shoot lots of Federal aluminum case. Loaded fairly hot by my feel.

Perfecta (last time Walmart had it) is probably way over loaded. It blows large flames even out of my 17's in broad daylight. It spits shards of the jacket onto the table in front of me, and out on the floor of the range. It leaves gold flecks on the internals of my guns. The owner of a local range told me about the gold flecks in his rental guns, and the jackets. So he knew what the shooters brought with them. I had shot at a Glock match weeks before and had jacket pieces appear on the table. Mystery solved! Perfecta in .40 was banned at a range on the Eastern side of South Florida as it blew apart a M&P, and a Gen4 23. I found that on Facebook. Also a shooter on another site had their .357 blow the end ring off of the case in a revolver. Then he couldn't chamber the next round.

I carry HST, elcheapo Remington UMC JHP's. I also carry 124gr Hornady American gunner in +P.

I haven't had those issues with any of the Perfecta that I've used. I have had occasional flecks in my gun with other brass or aluminum cased ammo (I stay away from steel), but I will start paying closer attention.

Originally Posted by USNRet

FOR CCW, this exclusively in Glock 17 and 42..

Better hope you never use this in a SD situation. The DA could have a field day with the jury. You probably don't want to defend yourself in a civil trial with it either. I have yet to see or hear from anywhere about the REAL effectiveness of this round. And that isn't even getting into an over penetration discussion.

Originally Posted by Medic

I haven't had those issues with any of the Perfecta that I've used. I have had occasional flecks in my gun with other brass or aluminum cased ammo (I stay away from steel), but I will start paying closer attention.

When it first came out it was wimpy. Then that changed. It isn't for sale locally so once my stock in it is gone, it will be gone.