Features

• Unaffected by thick and heavy clothing, including denim and leather
• The bullet delivers superior controlled expansion and large, deep wound cavities over a wide range of velocities
• Clean burning and efficient propellants reduce recoil in lightweight handguns and perform consistently at all temperatures
• Minimal muzzle flash protect night vision
• Feeds reliably in pistols
• Bullets are custom designed for individual loads
• Effective, consistent, reliable self-defense ammunition

Notice From Hornady: Temporary suspension of nickel plated cartridge cases for Critical Defense® Handgun Ammunition 5/25/21

Unfortunately, everyone is faced with production bottlenecks and supply chains are stressed. In particular, the freight system is delayed longer than normal. Our current turnaround time on nickel plating cartridge cases is 4 weeks. This delay has created a significant bottleneck in the production of ammunition.

Due to these issues, we will suspend nickel plating on all Critical Defense handgun ammunition to help reduce production time.

Please note, this is a temporary suspension. We will review in six months and plan to resume nickel plating when things return to normal.