Short-barrel 9mm 124 grain +P comparison: HST vs Golden Saber vs USA Ready

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@PatriotPaulUSA 10 ай бұрын

Federal HST 's have always amazed me. Such huge beautiful expansion and yet they penetrate the furthest, or close to the best penetration in nearly any test I have seen. Nice test Northwoods

@frankhinkle5772 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, the HST is my currant carry round. One reason is that I was able to find it in 50 round boxes! I carry an older 9mm pistol that is 8+1, and two additional magazines for a total of 25 rounds. Twenty-round boxes do not appeal to me, and cost more to package, so more $ per cartridge.

@NorthwoodsTesting 10 ай бұрын

I agree. The bulk 50 round boxes are much preferred

@rangetime6779 10 ай бұрын

Great test, thank you for your work. HST continues to be the gold standard.

@JimD410 10 ай бұрын

All of these looked like they'd do the job.

@frankbrowning328 10 ай бұрын

I've been using HST +P for several years and have been happy with them, however, all 3 of these did well

@glennwithnell7070 10 ай бұрын

The Golden Saber still performs acceptably in my opinion. Of course I'm somewhat biased as I still have a bunch of it backing up my HST. Thank you for the test.

@Stalin4403 10 ай бұрын

Dude those bullets cost more than that gun......

@NorthwoodsTesting 10 ай бұрын

Probably close to it. Plus I got it when it had a rebate!

@dwheeler016 10 ай бұрын

I changed to HST a few months ago. Hard to find and pricey, but worth it.

@Mbartel500 10 ай бұрын

Just curious, how far were you from the chronograph? Seeing such high velocities from so short of a barrel, and the error readings, might be a result of standing too close. I stand so that the muzzle is a measured 12 feet from the chrony. From my 4” Taurus G3 that same HST ammo gives an average velocity of 1198 fps. Enjoyed the video, excellent performance from all three rounds.

@NorthwoodsTesting 10 ай бұрын

Approx 10-12 feet. I set it up at about 3.5 paces

@DEAMcN 9 ай бұрын

They were all +p right?

@guardianminifarm8005 10 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@DanTheWolfman 10 ай бұрын

I've recently tested all these through very different Protocol (well hst wad standard pressure) I'm assuming that's an older hotter box you have there. All good from a short barrel. Hst always hard to beat though Punch comes close I did that Meat & Bone test already

@NorthwoodsTesting 10 ай бұрын

I do buy when I find deals and store them. I know HST has changed over the years. Tnoutdoors9 did a test a while back on, I think it was the 147 but it could a been the 124, on how they changed the bullet itself to expand less and penetrate more. This particular box I don't know when I bought it.

@richki.24 9 ай бұрын

the SCCY actually works ???

@erichanson7293 10 ай бұрын

Great test. HST wins overall, as expected, but I would carry any of the three without too much concern about terminal effect. Early during the pandemic all I could find was the USA Ready load and after testing it myself, figured it would do the job. The Golden Saber load is hard on rattlesnakes.

@DEAMcN 9 ай бұрын

Yeah during that craziness all i could find was sig Vcrown and of course I bought some because it was better than nothing but as soon as things started coming back to the shelves, i stocked up on HST and GoldDots. I also really like the Critical Duty rounds. Both 124&135 +p. Anything is better than nothing though and if that means i have to load up ball rounds, I'm loading up ball rounds lol.

@allenbolen9705 10 ай бұрын

Definitely don’t like the jacket separation! HST is the best in my opinion.

@JimD410 10 ай бұрын

How's that sccy ? I hear mixed things about them.

@NorthwoodsTesting 10 ай бұрын

I've put about 100 rounds total through so far. Fits comfortably in my hand, which is not the case for a lot of the micro-compacts. Factory sights are just white 3-dots, but easy to pick up. I like the trigger a lot, right out of the box. I always change out Glock triggers for example, but to me this one has a crisp break. So far I like it.