44 MAGNUM FEDERAL PERSONAL DEFENSE HST 230 GRAIN JHP (20 ROUNDS)

44 MAGNUM FEDERAL PERSONAL DEFENSE HST 230 GRAIN JHP (20 ROUNDS)

Once could argue that Dirty Harry wasn’t the most accurate portrayal of the 44 Magnum’s defensive capabilities. But one could also not care about such nitpicks. No matter which way you slice it, the 44 Mag is a beast.

There’s no need to rely on the behemoth’s brute force alone if you would ever fire it in defense, though. If you want to make intelligent use of the 44 Mag’s full potential, then you want Federal Premium Personal Defense HST ammunition!

This ammo’s not remotely as powerful as a full-juice hunting load. But that’s a good thing! Less recoil means you’ll have an easier time keeping your sights trained where they belong: i.e. on the threat. Less kinetic energy also means the 230 grain bullet has a lower chance of passing clean through the threat and endangering innocent bystanders.

Weaker though it may be, this round positively drips with stopping power. At 1,085 fps, its muzzle velocity out of a 4” vented test barrel is high enough to confer almost 600 ft lbs of striking energy at very close range – more than sufficient for any defensive shooting. And as an HST, the jacketed hollow point is engineered to pass through barriers without jamming up with debris, enter to an ideal depth within soft tissue to neutralize a human-sized target, and expand rapidly so as to maximize trauma to surrounding organs.

Fire this ammo in a revolver or a lever-action rifle. Either way, you can trust its first-rate primers to spark up on demand, and its nickel-plated brass cases to feed and extract like buttered clockwork.