How good are the standard 124gr golddots?

[CalGlock]

I found some standard pressure golddots in the store the other day 25 in a box $11.25 I was wondering what the penatration and expansion was on them . Any? Thanks:) How good are they for SD compared to the +P's Out of a G19

[Hugo R]

I've been shooting them out at the range since we came into a couple of cases of them. They do not produce much recoil and are fairly accurate. I'm not impressed by their ballistics but should work fairly well against two legged vermin. I would prefer 147SXT's for Bad Guy's or +P's in the 124 GD's. Also, that seems quite expensive.

[MAGNUMMAN]

Speer recommends the that the standard pressure 124s be used in guns with barrel lengths of 4 in. or more and the 124+p be used in guns with barrels under 4 in.

[CalGlock]

Thanks guys for the info . Id'e like to see some balistics on penetration and expansion if I could. Or a link to some. Thanks. I take it they work better then the 115gr sivertips? The silvertips do work flawlessly in my G19.

[MAGNUMMAN]

Go to the IWBA,or is it the IWBI, testing of the Gold Dot 124 and 147. That is where I read about the Speer recommendations for the 124 and 124=p.
I use the Gold Dot 124 normal pressure in my G17. The kick ass!

[turbonatr]

The standard pressure 124gr. GD, IIRC, penetrates a little more than the +P version and expands about the same. Info came from member Broken Arrow.

[CCV]

They're fine.

[Steve in Utah]

The Gold Dot is a proven round and probably used by more PD's throughout the country than any other round.

[petedalaw]

are you sure you didn't pick up Golden saber rounds? I know they come in boxes of 25, I have never seen gold dots in 25 round boxes, only 20's and 50's, (and the 250 round recall packs). Of course there's something new out every day, so I could be wrong.

[CalGlock]

They just say speer golddots 124gr. qty25 They look good and real clean looking too.

[Stephen A. Camp]

Hello. They chronograph right at 1100 ft/sec from my Hi Powers and about 100 ft/sec faster in the +P version.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid83/pb2c70d086a249bc2630b3284b5e2285a/fae23615.jpg
This one was fired into super-saturated newsprint and penetrated 7". The bullet measured 0.58 x 0.53 x 0.34" tall and weighed 123.3-grains. In gelatin or tissue, it should penetrate a bit more. When fired into water the results were very similar. Accuracy was satisfactory.

Best.

[Berto]

I use the +P versios in my FEG HP clone,good stuff and very accurate for me.:)

[dgg9]

All I ever carry are standard pressure Speer GDs of 124 gr 9mm.

The advantages, IMO:

1. Lots of PDs use this, AFAIK, so you leverage off their track record. Why reinvent the wheel?

2. You might get slightly better ballistic results from +P, but you lose something at your end, so to speak.

3. Completely gets rid of the "practice with mild recoil; carry with stiff recoil" training dilemma.

[CalGlock]

dgg9
Thanks, just what I was looking for. I was thinking the same thing. ;)

[BrokenArrow]

From my FNHP:

124 1155 fps
124 +P 1255 fps

Into plastic water jugs:

124 3rd jug at .60
124 +p 3rd jug at .80

In gel:

124 GD 13/.62 bare, 16.6/.51 denim
124 +P GD 12/.73 bare, 16.25/.55 denim

[CalGlock]

BrokenArrow, thanks for the balistics :)