Hornady’s 2012 introduction of Critical Duty ammo has been met with applause from the law enforcement community. Critical Duty ammunition is designed to perform very well on the stringent FBI protocol tests making this ideally suited for law enforcement as well as personal defense situations.
The biggest thing that differentiates Critical Duty from Hornady’s Critical Defense ammo is that Critical Duty ammo is designed to penetrate barriers such as sheet metal, wall board, plywood, heavy clothing, and auto glass as outlined in the FBI protocols. This barrier penetration need is more prevalent in the law enforcement community due to the different types of threats that LE professionals are likely to encounter.
This ammo has performed very well in FBI tests maintaining great weight retention through all barriers helping it to achieve the required 12-18″ of penetration into gelatin after passing through the established barriers. The FlexLock bullet incorporates Hornady’s patented Flex Tip that initiates expansion every time while preventing clogging along with their Interlock band that prevents jacket/core separation. Jacket/Core separation is where most non-bonded JHP bullets fail in penetration tests because when the lead core and copper jacket separate from each other their lighter weights aren’t able to achieve the needed penetration to bring down an assailant. The Interlock band prevents this occurrence.
Hornady’s Critical Duty line of ammo is truly a 21st century duty ammunition!

This premium shell is loaded with copper-plated 00 buckshot to provide more uniformly shaped pellets than standard lead shot. The benefit to having uniformly shaped copper-plated pellets is that they deliver more consistent shot patterns time after time. Federal’s Vital-Shok load is constructed from Federal’s patented spiral stacking process with a plastic shot cup and buffering to ensure dense hard-hitting patterns.
This shell loaded with 12 – 00 buckshot pellets is well suited for hunting medium sized game and also is well designed for personal defense.
Federal Premium ammunition has been delivering on their promises since 1922 and continues to set the standard for excellence and innovation to this day.

Federal’s Premium Law Enforcement HST line of JHP duty ammunition offers massive expansion! This duty load has a pre-skived bullet tip which causes the bullet to expand into large petals that cause a large permanent wound cavity. The unique design of this bullet actually forces the lead petals during expansion to protect the copper petals behind them. This results in increased weight retention allowing it to still achieve deep penetration through a variety of barriers prescribed by the FBI test protocols.
This product is brand new, nickel plated brass-cased, boxer-primed, non-corrosive, and reloadable.
This is top of the line, American-made defense ammo made by ATK (same company that makes Speer Lawman, CCI, Blazer Brass, etc). This product is designed for Law Enforcement and occasionally made available to the general public through police trade-ins.
– it doesn’t get any better.

In 1922 Charles Horn took over a failing 6-year-old factory. He approached turning the factory into a success from a simple marketing standpoint by distributing their products in grocery stores, barber shops, and gas stations, and he was rewarded with almost immediate success. Over the years the company has seen many successes including being awarded an Army-Navy “E” for excellence for their part producing ammunition for the war effort and seeing Olympic shooters win gold, bronze, and silver medals using their ammunition. Today Federal has been in business for nearly 100 years and their ammunition quite literally speaks for itself with each reliable “bang.”
These Federal rounds are for your .223 Remington. At 62 grain these are pretty lightweight rounds, and that means they’ll leave the barrel of your rifle at fantastic speeds. They’re Full Metal Jacket Boat Tail (FMJBT) rounds, and that means they’re not going to expand on impact. Their BTs help them maintain a more balanced trajectory and resist crosswinds, which makes them a nice choice for working on your long-range skills. Each round flies down-range at the impressive muzzle velocity of 3020 feet per second and impacts targets with stunning force at a muzzle energy of 1255 foot-pounds. This ammunition is made for target practice, tactical training, and plinking.
When you order this single box of Federal ammunition you get 500 target rounds. You’re going to have a nice supply of ammo for honing your marksmanship, and to make it even better Federal produces this ammunition in virgin brass cases with boxer primer, so you can collect your spent brass, reload, and head right on back to the range. If that’s not a great deal, we don’t know what is. Federal manufactures ammunition at their century-old plant in Anoka, Minnesota, and all ammunition must adhere to stringent expectations. Just imagine how much your skills could improve 500 rounds from now. Order now, and make every round count.

Speer Gold Dot continues to be the #1 duty ammunition for law enforcement agencies. Law Enforcement agencies prefer Speer ammunition for duty use due to its performance in the rigid FBI test protocols. What makes Speer perform so well through the various barrier tests such as compound angle auto glass is that Speer bullets undergo a unique bonding process which prevents core jacket seperation.
The folks at Speer interact with law enforcement agencies on a daily basis and are keen on ensuring that law enforcement officers have the right tools for the job so that they can return home safe to their families. This ammo is great for duty use or home defense.
Speer Gold Dot Ammunition is loaded with bonded core bullets and designed for critical defense needs.
Bonding the jacket to the core means the elimination of core-jacket separation and superior weight retention making it more effective than traditional hollow-point bullets in the event that the bullet encounters bone or heavy clothing upon entry.
This ammunition is new production, non-corrosive, in boxer primed, reloadable nickel-plated brass cases.