45 ACP - 185 Grain JHP - Speer Gold Dot - 20 Rounds

Name: 45 ACP - 185 Grain JHP - Speer Gold Dot - 20 Rounds
Brand: Speer
Price: 25.5 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 4.55 (3 reviews)

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Overview

Ammo Quantity - 20 rounds per box
Ammo Manufacturer - Speer Gold Dot
Bullets - 185 grain jacketed hollow point (JHP)
Ammo Casings - Nickel-plated boxer primed brass

Manufacturer	Speer
Condition	New
Bullet Weight	185 Grain
Bullet Type	Jacketed Hollow-Point (JHP)
Ammo Casing	Nickel-Plated Brass
Quantity	20
Ammo Caliber	.45 ACP (Auto)
Manufacturer SKU	23964GD
Primer Type	Boxer
Muzzle Velocity (fps)	1050
Muzzle Energy (ft lbs)	453
UPC Barcode	076683239648

Use Type

Self Defense

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Speer's premium 45 ACP Gold Dot line of JHP defense ammunition is great for personal protection.

Speer Gold Dot Ammunition is loaded with bonded core bullets and 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.

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

Ballistic Gel Test

Speer 185 gr Gold Dot

Image showing Speer .45 ACP (Auto) 185 Grain rounds fired into ballistic gel

Ballistics Test Summary

In order to find out how different self-defense handgun loads perform, we decided to do some ballistics gelatin testing of our own. The chart below is a compilation of expansion and penetration data for Speer 185 gr Gold Dot fired from 10 feet, through four layers of fabric (to simulate clothing), using a Kahr CW45 pistol.

The photo slider provides a close-up view of the bullets we recovered from the gelatin, and the video shows this load entering the gel in extreme slow motion.

The diagrams at the bottom of the page can give you an idea of how this load compares to other .45 ACP self-defense loads that we tested.

We did a lot more of this ballistic gelatin testing, including over 100 different loads in a variety of calibers, so check out Lucky Gunner Labs for all the details.

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			Median
45 ACP - 185 Grain JHP - Speer Gold Dot - 20 Rounds
Bullet Depth (in.)	12.4	13.5	13.8	14.1	16.7
Expanded Diameter (in.)	0.665	0.71	0.731	0.738	0.739
Expanded Weight (gr.)	183	184	184	185	185
Bullet Velocity (fps)	946	949	955	958	960

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Q: are these hollow points bonded?

Posted On: 4/26/2020 By: joey Z.

A: Speer's Gold Dot is the original bonded core handgun bullet! Speer electrochemically fuses the Gold Dot bullet's core and jacket together one molecule at a time, and it's extremely durable as the result.

Q: I have a shield 45 and I am wondering what the difference is between the 185 grain gold dot and the 230 grain short barrel.

Posted On: 9/18/2017 By: Scott

A: Great question. There's two things going on here. Bullet weight and bullet construction. The 185 gr bullet is obviously lighter than the 230 gr bullet. The bullet weighs less and will also produce a little less recoil when fired from the same gun as the 230 gr. The second issue is bullet construction. Speer makes "short barrel" versions of certain of their products because when a normal hollowpoint round is fired from a short barrel, the bullet will not build enough velocity to expand reliably when it hits the target. So the "short barrel" version of their hollowpoints addresses this issue with a different projectile, designed to expand properly even at the lower velocities produced by firing them in shorter barrelled handguns.

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45 ACP - 185 Grain JHP - Speer Gold Dot - 20 Rounds

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