Originally Posted by Mike Barham

Dredd is on the money. People spend way too much time poring over the minutiae of one premium bullet versus the next. They all work well if they are shot well.

There are more important things to think about when it comes to self-defense. I suggest everyone just pick the premium round that works in their gun and move on.

I should mention that I tested Double Tap Gold Dot 124gr +p, Speer Gold Dot 124gr +p, some Hornady Tap, Winchester Ranger T 127gr +p+, Corbon DPX and standard 115gr +p, Hydrashok 135gr and 115gr +p+.

Tested in a Glock 17, Smith & Wesson M&P9, Springfield XD9, HK P30, HK USPc 9mm, and a Beretta 92FS. Every round fired reliably, fed fine, and generally had no issues. So I would wager that any quality gun would handle any quality ammo with ease. I have only had any issues with certain brands of practice ammo in any of the listed guns(low power cheap ammo and reloads). I would have to say that most ammo marketed for personal defense is manufacturerd and loaded to tighter tolerances and QA'd a bit more thoroughly. Still, I would test a magazine to be sure.

I only own the HK P30, but had access to the others through a couple friends who went in on the ammo purchases with me to split the cost and some of the testing.