S&W M-19 and the 145 grain silver tip - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

john wist · 08-28-2007, 09:25 PM

What are your thoughts on this combo for self-defense.

**agalindo** · 08-28-2007, 10:23 PM

Silver tips are old technology, I'd go with something newer, rangers, gold dots, HST.

fredj338 · 08-29-2007, 01:35 AM

Old, new, blah, blah, the 145gr WWSTHP is a very decent round. It's still controllable & expansion/penetration are good. If it's accurate in your M19, carry it w/ confidence.

divil · 08-31-2007, 06:24 PM

If it shot well I would carry it without reservation. The PA Department of Fish and Game used to carry this load in their S&W 686's before switching to Glock 31's in .357 sig. The only Game officer I ever asked about the round said it was effective on wounded Deer and trusted it to defend his life against humans.

08-28-2007, 09:25 PM	#1
john wist XDTalk Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 73	S&W M-19 and the 145 grain silver tip What are your thoughts on this combo for self-defense.

08-31-2007, 06:24 PM	#4
divil XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: lancaster, PA Posts: 13	If it shot well I would carry it without reservation. The PA Department of Fish and Game used to carry this load in their S&W 686's before switching to Glock 31's in .357 sig. The only Game officer I ever asked about the round said it was effective on wounded Deer and trusted it to defend his life against humans. __________________ Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. C. S. Lewis

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08-29-2007, 01:35 AM	#3
fredj338 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,449	Old, new, blah, blah, the 145gr WWSTHP is a very decent round. It's still controllable & expansion/penetration are good. If it's accurate in your M19, carry it w/ confidence.