It goes without saying that you need powerful reliable and accurate ammunition for hunting, home protection and personal defense. Since 2002 DoubleTap has rapidly gained a reputation from producing ammunition that meets all of those criteria, giving them quite a large following of hunters and legally armed citizens. They use innovative cutting edge technology to manufacture their ammo and back it up with precision craftsmanship followed by outstanding quality control. Every single round that leaves their door has been inspected. You simply don't get that attention to detail anywhere else. When second best isn't good enough, make sure you have DoubleTap on hand and in your guns!
DT Defense Controlled Expansion .45 ACP 185 grain Jacketed Hollow Point is perfect for anyone looking to arm themselves with a high speed low penetration round for personal and home defense.
DoubleTap DT Defense 45A185CE
Controlled Expansion .45 ACP
185 Grain
Jacketed Hollow Point
Reloadable Brass Case
Muzzle Velocity: 1200 fps.
Muzzle Energy: 592 ft/lbs
Uses: Self Defense, Home Protection, Concealed Carry.
20 Rounds per box. To buy a full case, order 50 boxes.
Ammo price is per box.
DT Defense Controlled Expansion .45 ACP 185 grain Jacketed Hollow Point is perfect for anyone looking to arm themselves with a high speed low penetration round for personal and home defense.
DoubleTap DT Defense 45A185CE
Controlled Expansion .45 ACP
185 Grain
Jacketed Hollow Point
Reloadable Brass Case
Muzzle Velocity: 1200 fps.
Muzzle Energy: 592 ft/lbs
Uses: Self Defense, Home Protection, Concealed Carry.
20 Rounds per box. To buy a full case, order 50 boxes.
Ammo price is per box.
Hottest Non +P .45ACP Ammo I've found anywhere!
This Double Tap .45 Auto 185 gr. Controlled Expansion JHP round is the most powerful non +P self-defense round by far that I've fired through my Taurus PT-145's 3.3-inch barrel. The company claims its pressure is just under the +P designation, and it shows in its somewhat sharper recoil than standard .45 ACP loads. But, WOW, what an improvement it generates in velocity and energy over all the other non +P loads I've fired! (E.g.: this 185 gr. Double Tap load produces an average of 1060 FPS {@ 7 feet from the muzzle}, which generates 462 foot-pounds of energy, compared to only 304 ft. bs. of energy generated by the highly regarded Winchester Defender PDX1 230 gr. BJHP cartridge, which is the second-best-performing non +P load I've test-fired to date. That's a 51% increase in potential knock-down power {assuming both bullets penetrate and mushroom with equal effectiveness}.) This Double Tap load is even more impressive when compared to other highly respected .45 self-defense rounds that I've shot through my sub-compact pistol: e.g., Sig Sauer's V-Crown 230 gr. JHP reached 295 ft. lbs. a bit less than the above-referenced Winchester round; Honor Defense's 155 gr. copper frangible HP round generated 291 ft. lbs. of energy; Browning's BXP 230 gr. Personal Defense JHP averaged 281 ft. lbs. of energy; and Federal's Personal Defense 230 gr. JHP only produced 265 ft. lbs. of energy at 7 feet from the barrel. In other words, the Double Tap 185 gr. C.E. JHP load tops the well-regarded 230 gr. Federal defense round by a whopping 74%! I'll admit that I haven't done any standardized bullet expansion and penetration tests in gel-blocks; however, I have dug many of these Double Tap bullets out of sand banks and soft-wet clay banks, and they all showed very impressive mushrooming characteristics. My primary goal in testing many different .45 ACP rounds has been to find and load into my CC pistol the hardest-hitting non +P self-defense round I can find; and this is it! Pros: Much higher MV & ME than other defense rounds! Cons: Noticeably sharper recoil than std. rds.
May 15, 2021