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Speer's 380 Auto LE Gold Dot line of JHP defense ammunition is a great personal defense load with its reputation for barrier penetration.
Speer Gold Dot Ammunition is loaded with bonded core bullets and is designed for critical defense needs.
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 market share leader in the law enforcement community because of its great performance in the FBI test protocols. It performs especially well in being able to retain its mass when penetrating through auto-glass which is one of the most difficult portions of the FBI test.
Designed for Law Enforcement and occasionally made available to the general public through police trade-ins; this ammunition is new production, non-corrosive, in boxer primed, reloadable nickel-plated brass cases.
Ballistic Gel Test
Ballistic gel test for 380 Auto - 90 Grain JHP - Speer Gold Dot - 50 Rounds
Ballistics Test Summary
Ballistic gelatin testing is one way to get an idea of how a self-defense load might perform in a real world
self-defense situation. So we fired five rounds of Speer 90 gr Gold Dot from a Glock 42 from a distance of 10 feet
into a block of synthetic ballistic gel with a barrier of four layers of fabric simulating heavy clothing. We
then gathered information on the expansion and penetration characteristics of this load. That data is
represented in the chart below.
How this load compares to other .380 Auto (ACP) loads from our tests in regards to bullet expansion and penetration
can be found in the diagrams at the bottom of the page.
We also took photos of each bullet that was recovered from the gelatin, seen in the photo slider below. The
high speed video shows this round impacting the ballistic gelatin at 10,000 frames per second.
Want to know more about our ballistic gelatin test, including more photos, videos, and data?
Check out Lucky Gunner Labs for the full story.
All the ballistic gel testing I found on this ammo through 4 layets of fabric show reliable, consistent expansion and penetration of > 10". When "bounce back" in the gel is taken into account, penetration is closer to 12". Great value in the Law Enforcement packaging 50 round boxes.
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Pretty Good
Review by Gun Sam. (Posted on 5/31/18)
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I got a mean 5 shot average of 915 FPS in my LCP, it expanded well through layers of fabric into water jugs and fed pretty smoothly.
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One of the best .380 rounds for defense
Review by B34. (Posted on 11/11/17)
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I have a few backup .380s
(Kahr p380, Lcp, tcp, g42, m&p bodyguard, colt pocketlite) etc.. and aside from the critical defense round from Hornady, Speer Gold Dot is my ccw ammo choice when it comes to the two rounds I’ve found in any gun if they won’t feed one they will the other, and from a barrel length ranging of
2.5” - 3.25”/3.5” you get consistent expansion and at least 10” + penetration and REALISTICALLY that’s enough.
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Performs well in both my Glock 42s
Review by Lwt16. (Posted on 7/26/17)
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The Speer Gold Dot is currently my load of choice for my G42s. It runs flawless in both of them and most all the gel tests that I have seen show reliable expansion through clothing barriers. I'd like to see a 12 inch minimum but I feel this is a good round for duty back up gun use.
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Issues
Review by 8Shooter4. (Posted on 4/6/17)
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My range time with this ammo in a Glock 42: 3 Failure to Eject; 2 Failure to Feed. (These failures happened during the first 18 rounds fired).
However, there could have been issues with the pistol itself, so be cautious when considering this ammo.
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Impressed with the speed of shipping
Review by GJ. (Posted on 8/11/16)
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The ammo is good quality will be buying more.
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Great price and great service
Review by Spartan6. (Posted on 5/19/16)
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Needed some gold.and found Lucky Gunter to have the best price. After the sale, I have been blown away by their level of commitment to the Second Amendment and outstanding customer service. I will be shopping here again for my specialty ammo needs.
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CW380
Review by Devin. (Posted on 5/15/16)
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Runs great on my CW380 as another reviewer stated. Lucky gunners shipping speed and price of ammo was well worth paying a small amount for shipping.
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Great Ammo for a Picky Firearm
Review by SirMykal. (Posted on 3/3/16)
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Feeds and fires flawlessly in my CW380!
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Excellent self defense ammo! Lucky Gunner as always, delivered FAST!!
Review by Chuck. (Posted on 2/1/16)
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This is outstanding self defense ammo go ahead and order it! Reliable!!
As Always, Lucky Gunner delivered my order FAST! Placed order FRIDAY night and the package arrived Monday morning!
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Im happy!!!!!!
Review by Richard. (Posted on 1/18/16)
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The only problem was one I made on my address. But a call to you for a "how to" and I contacted the shipper and everything was ok. Ive ordered from you before, with the same good results. Keep up the good work!
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Great ammo
Review by Deebeecee. (Posted on 1/11/16)
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Consistently good performance from the Gold Dot ammo, makes me feel much better with a .380 for my carry weapon.
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Excellent product
Review by sam. (Posted on 5/20/15)
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Waited on backorder since Feb. at another dealer. Found your site by accident, lucky I did. You had the product in stock and at a better price.
Ammo performs better than expected in a Colt 380 Gov't model.
Thanks.
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Great !
Review by ACE. (Posted on 5/11/15)
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As always, you guys are the best. Great prices and unbelievably quick delivery.
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What a value
Review by Bob S. (Posted on 3/24/15)
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I use Speer all the time whether its for target shooting of self-defense and I find it to be both accurate and affordable.
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Awesome
Review by Newmdog. (Posted on 1/22/15)
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Bought it as a Christmas gift for a friend who recently got her ccw
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great product...super fast delivery.
Review by oldguyposse. (Posted on 12/4/14)
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runs smooth thru my 1939 PP.
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super ammo !
Review by steve. (Posted on 11/21/14)
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ran these through a ppks with no problems.....a great defensive round!
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Trial Run For the P238
Review by Mark. (Posted on 11/12/14)
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Appears to be the usual good stuff from Speer. No malfunctions and accuracy was excellent. Ran the Gold Dot to be certain it cycled and the P238 "liked it." This stuff is somewhat hard to find, so my hat is off to LG for recognizing its place in the 380 market.
Now, let's find some 9mm standard pressure HST in 124 and 147.
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Great product, good price, fast shipping!Works fine
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