Soft-Points For Self-Defense? (The Truth) Here at the LocaCarnivore, we’ve tested more than a few handgun cartridges. Many a hollow point load has met its nadir in our exclusive “Frost Giant” gel test. The same problem crops up again and…
.45 ACP FMJ for defense: the truth. The .45 ACP cartridge is a legend. It served as the Untied States’ front line service pistol round for 75 years, and with specialized units still to this day. In those years, it…
Speer’s legendary 230 grain .45 ACP Gold Dot got smoked by our exclusive “Frost Giant” gel test which features real winter clothing barriers. To say the results shocked us is a huge understatement. We expected the .45 ACP Gold Dot,…
Many experts (and non-experts) claim Federal’s 99 grain .380 Hydra-Shok Deep is the best self-defense load for the .380. Why? Federal says their new product solves the .380’s penchant for under penetration, an age old problem with this cartridge. The…
The Winchester 41 Magnum Silvertip took on our exclusive “Frost Giant” extreme ballistic gel test. See what happened and find out why it is perhaps the ultimate winter EDC load. This thing is crazy good. See how the 41 Mag…