Speer Gold Dot 5.7 Revised and Ruined?
Added 2024-01-11 19:01:07 +0000 UTCI didn't realize this project was literally done back in Feb 2023. I think my hopes was that Speer was going to make good on their promise to send me some ammo to test, so I waited.
This revised lot switches from a 6 petal design to 4. They also dropped the charge .6gr. I don't know how you all feel, but this doesn't speak in confidence for use in the pistol. We have a pulled that while penetration is key, we're paying a premium for little expansion. You can get better performance in soft tissue with the 40gr Vmax at proper velocities (1750 fps +). We still don't have a crimped neck and so the bullet is still susceptible to our P90 setbacks. Since they did send 150 rounds, i will run some in the P90 and see how it does.
PSA has some of the better pricing on it: https://bit.ly/3DCe1Ng
Macros: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBa7KM
