FEDERAL HST 9MM FULL

Not only do you not have to trade expansion to get penetration, but no one has to trade accuracy for either. Federal Personal Defense, Hst, 9mm, 124gr, - Superior Outfitters is a Full Service Gun & Outdoor super store We cxarry guns, ammo, accesories, 511, Sitka. Oh, and the accuracy of the HST was as good as any other premium hollowpoint bullet for defense made these days. HST is the next generation in high performance ammunition.

A specially designed hollow-point tip wont plug while passing through a variety of barriers and this bullet holds its jacket in the toughest conditions. The HST load did not let me down in this caliber either.Īll the handguns remorselessly gobbled down all the ammo and did not complain in the slightest. 9MM 124GR Federal Premium Tactical HST JHP (P9HST1) offers consistent expansion and optimum penetration for terminal performance. 45 I shot a Kimber, and by now I fully expected good speed and full expansion. Again, the velocity was quite good for a barrel that is easy to carry, and while the speeds were not up there in rocket-launcher territory, the bullets expanded completely. 40, I used an S&W M&P just to see how the HST did in a 4.25-inch barrel. It has been the expectation of shooters that a 147-grain 9mm bullet will not expand like the 115s or 124s, but the HST proved to be exemplary here.įor the. For a non +P load, this works like a champ. Velocities and expansion were remarkable. I dragged out an unmodified pistol that was made in 1983, and I didn't have a single feeding problem with it. Designed long before 9mm hollowpoints, the P-35 can sometimes be a bit picky - especially with heavy-bullet 147-grain loads. For the 9mm, I was curious about the HST working in a sometimes inhospitable environment: the Browning Hi Power. 45 GAP (230).Īll my testing was conducted with standard, non +P loads. The Law Enforcement Tactical HST lineup includes 9mm and 9mm +P (124, 147).

45 ACP (230), and an all-new 380 Auto load geared specifically toward micro handgun platforms. Personal Defense HST is available in 9mm (124-grain). 380 pistols popular with some concealed carriers. The loads are purposefully engineered for use with the micro-size. This year Federal Premium introduced a new caliber to the HST personal defense line: the.

Otherwise they're the same bullets, same powders, same nickeled cases. The only difference between the two is the packaging and a larger selection of loads on the law enforcement side. The HST bullet is available in two product lines, one for law enforcement (ammo so marked is distributed through law-enforcement channels) called Law Enforcement Tactical HST and one for the general public labeled Personal Defense HST. By 2012 the company had production volume up enough and had fine-tuned the design enough that it could begin offering it to the public. I have not had any jackets come off the cores in testing, nor do I expect to because Federal Premium has done the FBI test dance many times in thoroughly wringing out the HST.įederal Premium started work on the HST in 2000 and had gotten the various details worked out enough to start offering it to interested law enforcement agencies in 2005. Instead Federal Premium uses a mechanical locking of the jacket to the core. Its specially designed hollow point won't plug while passing through a variety of barriers, and the bullet jacket and core hold together to provide nearly 100 percent weight retention through even the toughest materials.The HST bullets are not bonded. That's why it's already the duty load of choice for law enforcement officers throughout the world. Effective self-defense requires ammunition that provides consistent expansion, optimum penetration and superior terminal performance.

Federal hst 9mm