Speer Gold Dot Short Barrel .45 ACP 230gr HP

Speer Gold Dot Short Barrel: Performance Without Compromise

For years, shooters who carried compact handguns accepted reduced performance as the price of concealment. Speer Gold Dot Short Barrel ammunition changes that equation entirely.

Engineering Excellence

Gold Dot ammunition represents the gold standard in personal protection ammunition. Each round features Speer's exclusive Uni-Cor bonding process, which fuses the bullet jacket to the core one molecule at a time during the initial stages of bullet construction. This virtually eliminates core-jacket separation and creates a precision hollow point that is accurate, tough, and remarkably consistent.

Optimized for Short Barrels

This Short Barrel variant is specifically engineered to function reliably in compact and sub-compact handguns with barrels as short as 1.9 inches. The load produces less felt recoil while maintaining the expansion and penetration characteristics that have made Gold Dot the ammunition of choice for law enforcement agencies nationwide.

Precision Cavity Design

Speer forms each hollow point cavity in two stages. The first stage establishes maximum expansion potential; the second controls the rate of expansion. This patented two-step process gives engineers precise control over terminal performance across varying distances and velocities.

FBI Protocol Testing

Every Gold Dot load is tested to the rigorous standards developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for service-class handgun cartridges. These tests evaluate penetration, expansion, and retained weight in both bare gelatin and gelatin shielded by common barriers.

Specifications

• Caliber: .45 ACP
• Bullet Weight: 230 grains
• Bullet Type: Hollow Point
• Muzzle Velocity: 820 feet per second
• Rounds per Box: 20
• Designed for: Barrels as short as 1.9 inches