The bottom line, IMHO, is that no matter what bullet you carry, store bought, FBI recommendation, local police choice or hand loaded, AND, what ever they call the gun "Judge", or whatever, the bottom line is going to be how well you can defend your actions if you actually shoot (Kill or not) someone in "self defense" -- against an attorney representing your victim or family member. The attorney trying to get a settlement from you for whatever civil reasons - or the prosecutor in a criminal case --is going to bring up a plethora of reasons why you are bad and wrong - name of the gun? - you chose it cause you had a predisposition to be evil and wanted to prove your toughness and you chose a mean sounding gun name. Your ammunition - you selected the "Black Talon" cause you discriminate against African Americans (Ha, this one is already over - they changed the name from "Black" talon to Ranger SXT for that reason). see here for an interesting article on this Winchester bullet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Talon
Now, if you load your own ammo, obviously, you loaded hot devastating killer loads because of your predisposition to wanna kill, maim and blow off the guys head when you shoot him....
It doesn't matter, it is all rhetoric that will not really have any bearing and should be objected to in a trial. That being said - it still might have an impact on a jury member....
So...... if you are worried about all this crap - don't buy a Judge, don't load your own "killer" rounds, buy what the FBI uses, cause they ARE the FBI you know and can do no wrong :roll: :roll:
If you are not worried - re-load the best dam* "killer" round you can
Best defense against all the bull crap they will throw at you if you ever have to use deadly force to protect yourself, is that you had a legal right based on the circumstances and were reasonable in you actions.
It might be hard to defend yourself against shooting an armed robber if you put two in his chest, then 4 more in his forehead??? However, always remember, a dead robber can't testify, and it is always better to be tried by twelve than carried by six.
BTW, I carry the Ranger SXT in my guns. Reason - cause its the "S"ame "E"xact "T"hing as the original Black Talon - which we tested extensively (as did the FBI, and many other agencies) and it really works well. We even have two rounds recovered from the chest of a dead man, shot by one of my officers a few years back - they did the trick - luckily for the officer
The Hornady and Speer are fine bullets also, research and select the one you like best and forget about all the rhetoric and urban legends associated with CCW ammo.
Just my 2 cents on the topic. Sorry so long.