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Before losing all our guns in a tragic boating accident my spouse bought a Ruger LCR chambered in 9mm as a night-stand gun. Not to my taste, but we have separate nightstands so you do you boo. I'd like to pick up some more hollowpoints (to sacrifice to the lake deities), but I've been struggling to determine what's appropriate since the manual only specifies 9mm Luger "manufactured in accordance with US industry standards". I'm not clear on whether that means any factory loaded 9mm Luger round is fine, or if Ruger assumed you'd only feed 115g FMJ into it and the darn thing may fail catastrophically if you decide to feed +P+ high grain ammo into it. I'm more accustomed to striker-fired pistols where the manual specifies whether whether +P, higher grain bullets, etc are OK or not so this is outside my wheelhouse.

TLDR: Ruger LCR chambered in 9mm, never carried, strictly a home defense gun, ammo recommendations please.

What do y'all recommend?

*Before losing all our guns in a tragic boating accident* my spouse bought a Ruger LCR chambered in 9mm as a night-stand gun. Not to my taste, but we have separate nightstands so you do you boo. I'd like to pick up some more hollowpoints (to sacrifice to the lake deities), but I've been struggling to determine what's appropriate since the manual only specifies 9mm Luger "manufactured in accordance with US industry standards". I'm not clear on whether that means *any* factory loaded 9mm Luger round is fine, or if Ruger assumed you'd only feed 115g FMJ into it and the darn thing may fail catastrophically if you decide to feed +P+ high grain ammo into it. I'm more accustomed to striker-fired pistols where the manual *specifies* whether whether +P, higher grain bullets, etc are OK or not so this is outside my wheelhouse. TLDR: Ruger LCR chambered in 9mm, never carried, strictly a home defense gun, ammo recommendations please. What do y'all recommend?

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Since this is a home defense, stick with JHP 115gr (AT MOST), even consider lower weight such as 100gr so wall penetration is minimized.

Do not use FMJ in your home as it will go through multiple layers of wall and probably won't stop someone with a few hits. Do not use +P, there is no need and the risk of damaging your gun. The heavier the bullet, the more penetration it will have, even through bodies.

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Yeah, I'm absolutely not using FMJ for home defense for the reasons you mentioned.

Thanks for the tips about avoiding higher grains and higher powder loads due to overpenetration. Those have some utility for carry weapons where an assailant might have some cover, but for home defense there is no cover (drywall isnt going to stop jack).