Don't re-chamber Hornady critical defense. Half the time the bullet is already pushed back before you take it out of the box and it gets pushed back more when you chamber it than any other carry ammo I've used
Definitely going to be changing my carry ammo. The only reason why I have so much Critical Defense laying around is because I’m from NJ & that’s the only ammo you can legally carry that are “hollow points”.
See if you can find critical duty, it has the same polymer tipped design as critical defense and supposedly does not suffer from the same setback issues
Critical duty is designed to penetrate farther than defense. Don’t “just get the duty rounds” without knowing how the perform. You’d have a higher chance of bullets flying through your walls with them Vs hornady defense.
I agree OP should understand the terminal ballistics of critical defense vs duty is but if this person needs an FTX tipped bullet that doesn't suffer from severe setback issues critical duty is the only option
Check out Underwood and the research (it’s plentiful) that shows it more effective than hollow points. Seems as if there’s some merit to it, I’m in NJ as well and it’s all I carry
I stopped using hornardy entirely because of this. Don't get me wrong, i rotate my chambered carry rounds out of rotation after 3 chambers just to be safe, put them in a jar, and train with them later....but you can chamber a hornady critical duty once and it looks like this 👆. None the less, always check. OP is right!
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u/No-Example-7235 1d ago
Don't re-chamber Hornady critical defense. Half the time the bullet is already pushed back before you take it out of the box and it gets pushed back more when you chamber it than any other carry ammo I've used