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Originally Posted by Sticks
Well, this thread was initially just a comparison between Federal Hydra Shocks and HST in .40 S&W. For me the HST is going to be my SD round. I have not shot any other types of SD round, and do not see a reason to. There have been enough "Official and Controlled" tests performed on the various SD rounds and for whatever reason, I prefer Federal. I saw for myself what I needed to. Enough penetration without over penetration, and even complete expansion without jacket separation (which I did see on the Hydra Shocks).
I may have the same problem with mine since I only fired one HST, but money is tight and I am not going to smoke $100 in SD loads to see if there is a problem. I have run 5 different types of ball ammo through my BE in practice (2k rounds), including some Armscor once fired reloads and have not had one single FTF, FTE, Stovepipe or any other issue. EVERY round that I have dropped the hammer on has fired, ejected some 10 feet to the right rear, and cycled the next round.
My last practice session gave me experience with "Crap, forgot to load" or "Magazine empty" that I am confident that the motor functions are going to move properly to smoothly and efficiently correct the problem. The next session will involve snap caps for a Fail to Fire simulation. I am not sure I want to intentionally damage a round to cause a FTE or Fail to Feed (maybe a spent case).
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I totally agree with u here. HST does appear to be one of the better, or if not the BEST SD round. I truly want this round to work, and I am not in one way conferring that they are not great rounds. I will continue to test these in my XD.
My area of the problem lies in the fact that I am problems with these rounds. It might just be my XD. Say if the use of force is needed and warranted, I would hate to get 1 or 2 rounds off and have a malfunction. I would be better off with ANY round, even ball to utilize the full magazine. Not saying they WILL NOT work, but the risk is there. I fired a box, and had several issues, FTE and stovepipes (about 5 or 10% of rounds fired). So FOR ME it would make better sense to have the capacity to put 14 rounds of Gold Dots or Remington GS on target than to run the risk of using the HST (maybe a better round) and encountering problems.