Best Pd Ammo For Xdm 3.8 9mm?

[bellavite1]

And so I jumped on the XD bandwagon for my carry pistol needs...
A number of different reasons:ammo capacity, low cost (compared to others anyway) ,versatility, ammo capacity...
Now the question is: with the short-ish 3.8 barrel, which 9 mm ammo would you trust your life on?
I had 3 out of a box of 45acp gold dots go click on me and my confidence in "hi performance personal defense ammo" is somewhat shaken.
I don't feel I can trust with my life anything that I have not shot a lot, but I cannot spend hundred of dollars in researching things.
How much of it is it hype (compared to Wally World cheapo Remington hollow points)and how much is it going to make a difference in a life or death scenario?
Yeah, I know shot placement is king, and I think I have that covered, but all things being equal, what is your advice?

[Byte Stryke]

http://www.hornady.com/store/9mm-Luger/

[ray1970]

+1 on Hornady.

[Graves]

Here's what mine did with 10 rounds of RA9TA @ 15yds.

http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/ac351/grav3s/Gunz/IMG_2131.jpg

It's all I run in my 9's.

[Byte Stryke]

Here's what mine did with 10 rounds of RA9TA @ 15yds.

http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/ac351/grav3s/Gunz/IMG_2131.jpg

It's all I run in my 9's.

Also a nice option, from what I am told.
Haven't fired it, can't personally endorse it.... but I wouldn't discount it.

[kidicarus13]

Show me expanded hollowpoints not bullseyes. What website Is that?

[Graves]

Show me expanded hollowpoints not bullseyes. What website Is that?

That's from my phone to photobucket.

Here's a vid somebody else made up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94kAhNac024&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Pretty much the same tests I've personally performed with the same results. These, the 124g +p HST's, and 124g +p GDHP's were the only 9mm loads I tested that completely destroyed the first jug every time. The heavier 147g HST's, Ranger T's, and Remington's (Wally world HP's) would just poke holes. I had a couple Gold Dot's and Cor-Bon's (sierra slugs) fail to expand through denim so I dropped them as an option.

[cebeu]

Plenty of great choices out there. I've been runnin' HSTs in all my SD handguns (.45 and .9mm) for some time, have both 124gr and 147gr on-hand and I prefer the 147's (P9HST2) in my 3" XD. Plenty of evidence that gives the 124gr products the nod but...I shoot well/comfortably with the 147's so...that's where I'm at (run both in my full-size Beretta as well).

[Scanker19]

Here's what mine did with 10 rounds of RA9TA @ 15yds.

http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/ac351/grav3s/Gunz/IMG_2131.jpg

It's all I run in my 9's.

+1

[rockymtnrifleman]

Speer lawman, Gold dot, hornady Corbon +P+, all of the above. are first class ammo for SD