Speer Gold Dot Personal Protection .45 ACP is a defensive handgun load intended for personal and home defense use. The 185-grain jacketed hollow point uses Speer’s bonded Uni-Cor process to bond the jacket to the core for reduced core-jacket separation and consistent performance. Components include nickel-plated brass cases and sealed primers designed to support reliable ignition and feeding in semi-automatic pistols.
Box: Sold per box containing 20 rounds. Case: Available by case consisting of 10 boxes (a case quantity is achieved by ordering 10 boxes for a total of 200 rounds).
Key Specifications
- Caliber: .45 ACP.
- Bullet weight: 185 grains.
- Bullet type: Jacketed Hollow Point.
- Rounds per box: 20.
- Boxes per case: 10.
- Rounds per case: 200.
- Muzzle velocity: 1050 fps.
- Muzzle energy: 453 ft lbs.
- Case material: Nickel-plated brass.
- Reloadable: Yes.
Speer Gold Dot’s bonded-core construction and tuned hollow-point cavity are engineered to provide consistent expansion and penetration characteristics across common barriers, making this load appropriate for responsible defensive shooting applications where consistent terminal performance and reliable functioning are priorities.
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