Best Short Barrel .45? Speer .45 Auto 230gr Gold Dot Short Barrel

.45 Auto is slow. Short barrels reduce velocity. Slow bullets don't expand well. Putting those factors together makes it hard to find a short barrel . 45 Auto load that is well suited for defense. We shoot Speer's .45 Auto 230gr Gold Dot Short Barrel load (part # 23975) from a Springfield Armory XDS mod2 into ballistic gel to assess terminal performance.

Bare gel:
Penetration: 20.2", 19.8"
Retained weight: 230.0gr, 230.3gr
Max expansion: 0.710", 0.734"
Min expansion: 0.491", 0.490"


Heavy clothing:
Penetration: 16.8", 14.4"
Retained weight: 229.7gr, 229.0gr
Max expansion: 0.743", 0.734"
Min expansion: 0.484", 0.481"

Velocities in fps:
783
788
761
761
785
Average: 775.60
StdDev: 13.45
Min: 761
Max: 788
Spread: 27

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