Speer Gold Dot .45 ACP 230gr GDHP Short Barrel Ammunition /20

Speer Gold Dot .45 ACP 230gr GDHP Short Barrel Ammunition /20

Speer's Gold Dot Short Barrel Personal Protection line of ammunition is specifically designed and tested to outperform in short barrels such as those used for concealed carry. This 45 Auto Gold Dot line of ammo was tested to perform well through the FBI tests with a short 4" barrel.

This ammo is loaded with Gold Dot's bonded core line of bullets perfect for a backup gun for law enforcement personnel or a concealed weapon for a licensed citizen.

Bonding the jacket to the core means the elimination of core-jacket separation and superior weight retention making it more effective than traditional hollow-point bullets in the event that the bullet encounters bone or heavy clothing upon entry. Speer's Gold Dot ammunition is a leader in the law enforcement community for its great performance in the FBI test protocols. It performs especially well in the compound glass angle test that bullets must undergo to pass the FBI's rigid screening requirements.

This ammunition is new production, non-corrosive, in boxer primed, reloadable nickel-plated brass cases.

Specifications:
Manufacturer: Speer
Brand: Gold Dot
Caliber: 45 ACP
Weight: 230gr
Type: GDHP
MPN: 23975GD
Rounds Per Box: 20

Ballistics:
Muzzle Velocity: 820 fps
Muzzle Energy: 343 ft/lb

Features:
- Use Type Self Defense
- Ammo Casing Nickel-Plated Brass
- Boxer Primer

About the Manufacturer:

Speer’s reputation for making the world's finest component bullets and loaded ammunition goes all the way back to 1943. That’s when Vernon Speer started building bullets because reloaders couldn't get the components they needed from ammo companies during World War II. Although he initially focused on hunting rifle bullets, he also built the first mass-produced jacketed handgun bullets for hunting and law enforcement. In the 1960s, he put some of those bullets into loaded ammunition in the now-famous Lawman® line. And today, Speer Gold Dot® is the most trusted duty ammunition for law enforcement. We offer the same loads to civilians for personal protection that’s simply beyond compare. We still manufacture our products in the small city of Lewiston, Idaho. The original product lines have been expanded and new ones added. But through the changes, our formula for success has been constant: Determination, self-reliance and independence that show in all of our ammunition and components.

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About the 45 ACP Cartridge
The .45 ACP(11.43x23mm or Automatic Colt Pistol), also known as the .45 Auto by C.I.P. or 45 Auto by SAAMI, is a cartridge designed by John Browning in 1904, for use in his prototype Colt semi-automatic .45 pistol and eventually the M1911 pistol adopted by the United States Army in 1911.

The U.S. Cavalry had been buying and testing various handguns in the late 1890s and early 20th century. The .45 Colt Single Action Army (SAA) had largely been replaced, even by some double-action versions of the same. The Army had fielded some double-action revolvers in .38 Long Colt. They determined the .38 caliber round was significantly less effective than the .45 Colt against determined opponents such as the warriors encountered in the Moro Rebellion of the Philippine American War. The then-current issue rifle, the .30-40 Krag, had also failed to stop Moro warriors effectively;[3] the British had similar issues switching to the .303 British, which resulted in the development of the dum-dum bullet. This experience, and the Thompson LaGarde Tests of 1904 led the Army and the Cavalry, to decide a minimum of .45 caliber was required in the new handgun. Thompson and Major Louis Anatole La Garde of the Medical Corps arranged tests on cadavers and animal remains in the Chicago stockyards, resulting in the finding that .45 was the most effective pistol cartridge. They noted, however, training was critical to make sure a soldier could score a hit in a vulnerable part of the body.

45 ACP Cartridge Specifications
Case type Rimless, straight
Bullet diameter .451 in (11.5 mm)
Neck diameter .473 in (12.0 mm)
Base diameter .476 in (12.1 mm)
Rim diameter .480 in (12.2 mm)
Rim thickness .049 in (1.2 mm)
Case length .898 in (22.8 mm)
Overall length 1.275 in (32.4 mm)
Case capacity 25 gr H2O (1.6 cm3)
Rifling twist 1 in 16 in (406 mm)
Primer type Large or Small pistol
Maximum pressure 21,000 psi (140 MPa)

45 ACP Cartridge Ballistic Performance (5 inch Test Barrel
185 gr (12 g) Bonded Defense 1,225 ft/s (373 m/s) 616 ft-lbf (835 J)
185 gr (12 g) Speer Gold Dot JHP 1,050 ft/s (320 m/s) 453 ft-lbf (614 J)
200 gr (13 g) Speer Gold Dot JHP +P 1,080 ft/s (330 m/s) 518 ft-lbf (702 J)
230 gr (15 g) Federal Hydra-Shok 900 ft/s (270 m/s) 414 ft-lbf (561 J)
230 gr (15 g) US Army Ball FMJ 830 ft/s (250 m/s) 352 ft-lbf (477 J)