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The pDx1 DefenDer line is one of the most comprehensive categories in the entire Win-
chester ammunition catalog. It is the only branded Winchester line that encompasses all types of commercial ammunition: centerfire handgun, centerfire rifle, shotshell, and—new for 2012— magnum rimfire. It is the only Winchester ammunition category specifically designed for personal de-fense. The across-the-board motto for PDX1 Defender ammunition is: “Stop the Threat.”
This in itself represents a significant departure from commercial ammuni-tion offered by all major manufacturers only a dozen years ago, when “personal protection” or “self defense” were not labels generally applied by mainstream ammo makers due to general public reluctance to acknowledge that ordi-nary consumers wanted or needed loads specifically designed for antipersonnel use. Today, in the post-9/11 era, this has changed dramatically, with 49 states currently having authorized legal citizen concealed-carry, and rapidly growing numbers of ordinary people increasingly demanding effective am-munition for home protection with all categories of firearms.
As always, Winchester has been a leader in this development, drawing on its years of technical experience in law-enforcement and military ammunition development to add entire new catego-ries of loadings to its already-extensive PDX1 Defender lineup in just the past two years, as well as line extensions to the PDX1 Defender already in the Winchester catalog. During 2011 those additions included new PDX1 Defender handgun loads in .357 Magnum and .357 SIG. For shotshell, there is now a three-inch PDX1 Defender .410 load for increasingly popular defense revolvers like the Taurus Judge, and for those same revolvers a unique Combo Pack containing 10-each 2½-inch .410 PDX1 Defender shells and .45 Colt 225-grain Bonded JHP PDX1 Defender cartridges
in the same box. For centerfire rifle, 2011 saw the introduction of a PDX1 Defender 60-grain .223 Remington load utilizing a unique Split Core Technol-ogy bullet designed specifically for use indoors in popular home-defense carbines.
In 2012, additions to the PDX1 De-fender family will include a 12-gauge PDX1 one-ounce Segmenting Slug designed for indoor home defense, a 77-grain Split Core loading for PDX1 .223 Remington, and a new PDX1 Defender .308 Winchester load featur-ing a 120-grain Split Core Technology bullet design. Capping these new in-troductions will be a PDX1 Defender .22 Winchester Magnum rimfire featuring a specially designed 45-grain JHP bullet.
New PDX1 DefeNDer CeNTerfire HaNDguNThe PDX1 Defender handgun lineup is the foundation of the entire PDX1 family. It is now available in 10 dif-ferent loadings in eight different car-tridges from .380 Auto to .45 Colt. All PDX1 Defender centerfire handgun loads employ bullets constructed with a proprietary bonding process that welds the jacket to the internal lead core for resistance to fragmentation and
continued integrity after impact. The brass alloy jacket is reverse-taper con-toured for maximum expansion over a wide range of velocities/ranges. The PDX1 jacket is also notched for prepro-grammed expansion into six uniform segments for continued linear penetra-tion in the target, and the hollowpoint design will expand up to 1½ times the original caliber diameter for maximum impact and energy dump.
The reliability of the Winchester PDX1 bonded handgun bullet has al-ready been proven by the rigorous FBI test protocols on a variety of real-world barriers, and commercial PDX1 De-
fender handgun loads employ the same technology used in the ammunition Win-
before. It has designed a true personal defense load for the .308 Winchester. In the past, the .308 Winchester has never been regarded as a suitable personal defense cartridge because bullets from conventional .308 ammunition simply cannot deliver ideal personal defense performance, indoors or out. They simply have too much velocity and over-penetrate an extreme amount. The new PDX1 Defender 308 with new 120-grain SCT bullet solves that problem. Citizen owners of the many .308 Winchester tactical carbine-format semiautos on the market are going to be ecstatic, as are tactical law-enforcement users.
New PDX1 DefeNDer SHoTSHellWinchester’s original 2½-inch PDX1 Defender .410 shotshells have already been game-changers, adding unprec-edented performance to the perfor-
PDX1 DefenDer
ever specifically designed for personal defense use: the “PDX1 Defender 223,” employing a 60-grain SCT (Split Core Technology) bullet rated at 2,750 fps muzzle velocity. This offering solved all the drawbacks of using an AR rifle for personal or home defense (as well as interior use in tactical situations). The Split Core Technology concept was to deliver massive initial shock with ideal penetration for personal defense. By combining a non bonded soft lead front core for rapid upset with a deep-driving bonded rear core for structural integrity, the SCT bullet delivers massive energy, but expends that energy with penetration similar to PDX1 Defender pistol loads. It’s an impressive, innovative design.
For 2012 Winchester has added a PDX1 Defender 223 77-grain SCT load to this category. And Winchester has also gone where no one has ever gone
chester actually supplies to the FBI. It is not, however, the exact same bullet as supplied in the FBI ammo, because certain aspects of the barrier-penetration requirements for the FBI ammunition are different from what is appropriate for personal defense am-munition. But also like Winchester’s FBI ammo, PDX1 Defender handgun ammunition employs nickel-plated cases to ensure positive gun function through smooth chambering and case ejection. The newest additions to the PDX1 defender handgun family are a 125-grain .357 Magnum load rated at 1,350 fps from a four-inch revolver, and a 125-grain .357 SIG load rated at 1,325 fps from a four-inch semiauto pistol.
New PDX1 DefeNDer CeNTerfire rifleIn 2011 Winchester introduced the first .223 Remington ammunition
In 2011, new PDX1 Defender loads included the venerable .357 Magnum. Combined with Winchester ammunition, a number of new, lightweight carry revolvers are rede-fining the phrase “personal defense.”
Slick, nickel-plated Winchester cases deserve partial credit for the PDX1 Defender’s reputation for reliability.
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There are some things that people do
just about every day that require ability,
precision, and concentration. Driving is
one of those things, and so is cooking. For
many of us, carrying a gun is something
that is done frequently, too. The first two
differ from the third example in that you
are constantly practicing and developing
your skills in those areas, while many gun
owners neglect their training and prac-
tice with their defensive firearms. Screw
RESPONSIBILITYTo TraiN?By Rob Pincus
up with a car and we all know what the
consequences can be, as there are auto-
mobile fatalities on a daily basis. Leave
the stove unattended for too long and a
fire could result that at the very least de-
stroy your family’s belongings and your
home. Thankfully, our initial skill devel-
opment and daily practice keep those
things from happening very often. What
about your defensive firearms practice
and training? When was the last time you
took a class from a professional instructor
or did some practical defensive firearms
training? I’m not talking about your state-
required minimalist CCW Permit Course,
target shooting or a competition event. I
mean an honest and relevant close-range,
rapid strings of fire, processing-informa-
tion-prior-to-and-during-the-shooting-
type of a dynamic range session?
There are hundreds of quality instruc-
tors offering classes on any given week-
end around the country, and there are
thousands of ranges where you can prac-
tice. You can quickly find both, and opin-
ions from other shooters on their value
on the Internet can easily be researched.
Complex motor skills such as rapid shoot-
ing and handling your gun efficiently are
perishable skills, and unless you purpose-
fully take the time, effort and energy to
train, you may not be able to defend your-
self with them when you need to.
You probably wouldn’t park an expen-
sive car in your driveway if you weren’t
sure you could drive it to do the things
you need to do, so why carry a gun and
just hope you’ll have the skills you need
in a worst-case scenario? If you own a de-
fensive firearm, you have a responsibility
to train.
To find a shooting range in your area
and for other important resources, visit
wheretoshoot.org and winchester.com.
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The pDx1 DefenDer line is one of the most comprehensive categories in the entire Win-
chester ammunition catalog. It is the only branded Winchester line that encompasses all types of commercial ammunition: centerfire handgun, centerfire rifle, shotshell, and—new for 2012— magnum rimfire. It is the only Winchester ammunition category specifically designed for personal de-fense. The across-the-board motto for PDX1 Defender ammunition is: “Stop the Threat.”
This in itself represents a significant departure from commercial ammuni-tion offered by all major manufacturers only a dozen years ago, when “personal protection” or “self defense” were not labels generally applied by mainstream ammo makers due to general public reluctance to acknowledge that ordi-nary consumers wanted or needed loads specifically designed for antipersonnel use. Today, in the post-9/11 era, this has changed dramatically, with 49 states currently having authorized legal citizen concealed-carry, and rapidly growing numbers of ordinary people increasingly demanding effective am-munition for home protection with all categories of firearms.
As always, Winchester has been a leader in this development, drawing on its years of technical experience in law-enforcement and military ammunition development to add entire new catego-ries of loadings to its already-extensive PDX1 Defender lineup in just the past two years, as well as line extensions to the PDX1 Defender already in the Winchester catalog. During 2011 those additions included new PDX1 Defender handgun loads in .357 Magnum and .357 SIG. For shotshell, there is now a three-inch PDX1 Defender .410 load for increasingly popular defense revolvers like the Taurus Judge, and for those same revolvers a unique Combo Pack containing 10-each 2½-inch .410 PDX1 Defender shells and .45 Colt 225-grain Bonded JHP PDX1 Defender cartridges
in the same box. For centerfire rifle, 2011 saw the introduction of a PDX1 Defender 60-grain .223 Remington load utilizing a unique Split Core Technol-ogy bullet designed specifically for use indoors in popular home-defense carbines.
In 2012, additions to the PDX1 De-fender family will include a 12-gauge PDX1 one-ounce Segmenting Slug designed for indoor home defense, a 77-grain Split Core loading for PDX1 .223 Remington, and a new PDX1 Defender .308 Winchester load featur-ing a 120-grain Split Core Technology bullet design. Capping these new in-troductions will be a PDX1 Defender .22 Winchester Magnum rimfire featuring a specially designed 45-grain JHP bullet.
New PDX1 DefeNDer CeNTerfire HaNDguNThe PDX1 Defender handgun lineup is the foundation of the entire PDX1 family. It is now available in 10 dif-ferent loadings in eight different car-tridges from .380 Auto to .45 Colt. All PDX1 Defender centerfire handgun loads employ bullets constructed with a proprietary bonding process that welds the jacket to the internal lead core for resistance to fragmentation and
continued integrity after impact. The brass alloy jacket is reverse-taper con-toured for maximum expansion over a wide range of velocities/ranges. The PDX1 jacket is also notched for prepro-grammed expansion into six uniform segments for continued linear penetra-tion in the target, and the hollowpoint design will expand up to 1½ times the original caliber diameter for maximum impact and energy dump.
The reliability of the Winchester PDX1 bonded handgun bullet has al-ready been proven by the rigorous FBI test protocols on a variety of real-world barriers, and commercial PDX1 De-
fender handgun loads employ the same technology used in the ammunition Win-
before. It has designed a true personal defense load for the .308 Winchester. In the past, the .308 Winchester has never been regarded as a suitable personal defense cartridge because bullets from conventional .308 ammunition simply cannot deliver ideal personal defense performance, indoors or out. They simply have too much velocity and over-penetrate an extreme amount. The new PDX1 Defender 308 with new 120-grain SCT bullet solves that problem. Citizen owners of the many .308 Winchester tactical carbine-format semiautos on the market are going to be ecstatic, as are tactical law-enforcement users.
New PDX1 DefeNDer SHoTSHellWinchester’s original 2½-inch PDX1 Defender .410 shotshells have already been game-changers, adding unprec-edented performance to the perfor-
PDX1 DefenDer
ever specifically designed for personal defense use: the “PDX1 Defender 223,” employing a 60-grain SCT (Split Core Technology) bullet rated at 2,750 fps muzzle velocity. This offering solved all the drawbacks of using an AR rifle for personal or home defense (as well as interior use in tactical situations). The Split Core Technology concept was to deliver massive initial shock with ideal penetration for personal defense. By combining a non bonded soft lead front core for rapid upset with a deep-driving bonded rear core for structural integrity, the SCT bullet delivers massive energy, but expends that energy with penetration similar to PDX1 Defender pistol loads. It’s an impressive, innovative design.
For 2012 Winchester has added a PDX1 Defender 223 77-grain SCT load to this category. And Winchester has also gone where no one has ever gone
chester actually supplies to the FBI. It is not, however, the exact same bullet as supplied in the FBI ammo, because certain aspects of the barrier-penetration requirements for the FBI ammunition are different from what is appropriate for personal defense am-munition. But also like Winchester’s FBI ammo, PDX1 Defender handgun ammunition employs nickel-plated cases to ensure positive gun function through smooth chambering and case ejection. The newest additions to the PDX1 defender handgun family are a 125-grain .357 Magnum load rated at 1,350 fps from a four-inch revolver, and a 125-grain .357 SIG load rated at 1,325 fps from a four-inch semiauto pistol.
New PDX1 DefeNDer CeNTerfire rifleIn 2011 Winchester introduced the first .223 Remington ammunition
In 2011, new PDX1 Defender loads included the venerable .357 Magnum. Combined with Winchester ammunition, a number of new, lightweight carry revolvers are rede-fining the phrase “personal defense.”
Slick, nickel-plated Winchester cases deserve partial credit for the PDX1 Defender’s reputation for reliability.
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There are some things that people do
just about every day that require ability,
precision, and concentration. Driving is
one of those things, and so is cooking. For
many of us, carrying a gun is something
that is done frequently, too. The first two
differ from the third example in that you
are constantly practicing and developing
your skills in those areas, while many gun
owners neglect their training and prac-
tice with their defensive firearms. Screw
RESPONSIBILITYTo TraiN?By Rob Pincus
up with a car and we all know what the
consequences can be, as there are auto-
mobile fatalities on a daily basis. Leave
the stove unattended for too long and a
fire could result that at the very least de-
stroy your family’s belongings and your
home. Thankfully, our initial skill devel-
opment and daily practice keep those
things from happening very often. What
about your defensive firearms practice
and training? When was the last time you
took a class from a professional instructor
or did some practical defensive firearms
training? I’m not talking about your state-
required minimalist CCW Permit Course,
target shooting or a competition event. I
mean an honest and relevant close-range,
rapid strings of fire, processing-informa-
tion-prior-to-and-during-the-shooting-
type of a dynamic range session?
There are hundreds of quality instruc-
tors offering classes on any given week-
end around the country, and there are
thousands of ranges where you can prac-
tice. You can quickly find both, and opin-
ions from other shooters on their value
on the Internet can easily be researched.
Complex motor skills such as rapid shoot-
ing and handling your gun efficiently are
perishable skills, and unless you purpose-
fully take the time, effort and energy to
train, you may not be able to defend your-
self with them when you need to.
You probably wouldn’t park an expen-
sive car in your driveway if you weren’t
sure you could drive it to do the things
you need to do, so why carry a gun and
just hope you’ll have the skills you need
in a worst-case scenario? If you own a de-
fensive firearm, you have a responsibility
to train.
To find a shooting range in your area
and for other important resources, visit
wheretoshoot.org and winchester.com.
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mance of the wildly successful new generation of .410/.45 Colt personal defense revolvers from Taurus and Smith & Wesson. Loaded with three unique copper-plated cylindrical Defense Discs, backed by 12 copper-plated BBs, and featuring a distinctive black hull and black oxide high-base head, these loads were widely regarded as the ultimate in-your-face, bedroom-protection, anti-carjacking ammuni-tion. And in 2011 came Winchester’s three-inch .410 PDX1 Defender load, delivering four plated Defense Disc™ projectiles and 16 pellets of plated BB shot at 750 fps from a three-inch cham-bered Taurus Judge revolver. They are also very effective in a chamber-com-patible .410 home defense shotguns, where they reduce aiming error for short-range engagement.
Moving up to 12 gauge, the original PDX1 Defender Slug/Buck load offered a 2¾-inch shell with a one-ounce rifled Foster slug plus three buffered 00 buck-shot pellets, for the same reduced aiming error at close range, with controllable recoil and faster cycling through the action whether pump or semiauto. New for 2012 is the 12-gauge PDX1 Defender Segmenting Slug, which does the same thing for a 12-gauge slug load that the PDX1 Defender 223 and PDX1 Defender 308 loads do for those centerfire rifle cartridges: It solves overpenetration problem for home defense use and also increases the impact power (as if a one-ounce 12-gauge slug didn’t have enough impact already).
The new PDX1 Defender Segmenting Slug is constructed almost the same as a traditional Foster-type deer slug, with
a conventional polymer powder cup lid and cardboard and dual fiber wads behind what appears at first glance to be an ordinary soft lead “hollow” rifled slug, but the slug itself is deeply skived at three matching places both on its nose and inside its inner circumfer-ence. So the slug flies downrange as one projectile, but on impact it segments into three equal 150-grain pieces which veer radially outward, causing massive shock and tissue damage, with penetra-tion calculated nearly perfectly for per-sonal defense to limit overpenetration. Your reaction to watching a high-speed video of the impact in ballistic gelatin is “Whoaaa!” The new design ensures lethal knock-down, optimal penetra-tion and improved aim error. It is the best slug load ever devised for pure home defense.
New PDX1 DefeNDer rimfireYes, I said rimfire. For 2012 Winchester is also introducing a .22 Winchester Rimfire Magnum load to the PDX1 De-fender family. It features a 45-grain jack-eted hollowpoint bullet that achieves 1,200 fps velocity from a two-inch re-volver and delivers optimal penetration with maximum expansion. The muzzle energy of the new PDX1 Defender .22 WMR is comparable to a .380 ACP and exceeds the energy of popular .32 Auto carry concealed pistols. It’s a hot little
carry concealed licensees who are pri-marily concerned with ease of carry and minimal recoil. Not to mention that compact .22 WMR revolvers and der-ringers have long been preferred backup guns for plainclothes and undercover police officers. And if that’s what many
people are actually carrying, they de-serve the best and most advanced loads they can get, just the same as with any other cartridge caliber. Besides, as the legendary Elmer Keith was known to say, “Better a .22 in your pocket than .44 Magnum home on the shelf.”
When it comes to ammunition for personal defense, for handgun, rifle, shotgun, or rimfire, there’s no more comprehensive solution than what’s offered by the complete family of Winchester PDX1 Defender ammu-nition products. In a life-crisis situ-ation, there’s no room for “margin of error.” Training, practice, situational awareness, reasonable precautions, and a mature sense of responsibil-ity are critical ingredients. But it all comes down to what happens when the bullet meets the target if you or any of your loved ones are ever called upon to stop a threat.
number. Winchester freely acknowledg-es that no responsible authority would recommend a short-barreled .22 WMR revolver as a primary choice for personal defense. But the fact remains that such revolvers are among the most popular current choices in America for new
PDX1 DefenDer
Winchester PDX1 Defender loads with Split Core Technology (SCT) are well suited for personal defense carbines where conventional .223 and .308 Win. loads have a reputation for overpenetration. With a non-bonded soft lead core, SCT bullets deliver massive energy and upset quickly.
Winchester championed the development of .410 handgun ammunition and now offers a load designed for revolvers with either a 2½-inch or 3-inch cylinders. With a 3-inch load, you get a fourth plated Defense Disk and four additional plated BBs.
Addressing the concern of overpenetration in personal defense loads is the PDX1 Defender 12-gauge segmenting slug.
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mance of the wildly successful new generation of .410/.45 Colt personal defense revolvers from Taurus and Smith & Wesson. Loaded with three unique copper-plated cylindrical Defense Discs, backed by 12 copper-plated BBs, and featuring a distinctive black hull and black oxide high-base head, these loads were widely regarded as the ultimate in-your-face, bedroom-protection, anti-carjacking ammuni-tion. And in 2011 came Winchester’s three-inch .410 PDX1 Defender load, delivering four plated Defense Disc™ projectiles and 16 pellets of plated BB shot at 750 fps from a three-inch cham-bered Taurus Judge revolver. They are also very effective in a chamber-com-patible .410 home defense shotguns, where they reduce aiming error for short-range engagement.
Moving up to 12 gauge, the original PDX1 Defender Slug/Buck load offered a 2¾-inch shell with a one-ounce rifled Foster slug plus three buffered 00 buck-shot pellets, for the same reduced aiming error at close range, with controllable recoil and faster cycling through the action whether pump or semiauto. New for 2012 is the 12-gauge PDX1 Defender Segmenting Slug, which does the same thing for a 12-gauge slug load that the PDX1 Defender 223 and PDX1 Defender 308 loads do for those centerfire rifle cartridges: It solves overpenetration problem for home defense use and also increases the impact power (as if a one-ounce 12-gauge slug didn’t have enough impact already).
The new PDX1 Defender Segmenting Slug is constructed almost the same as a traditional Foster-type deer slug, with
a conventional polymer powder cup lid and cardboard and dual fiber wads behind what appears at first glance to be an ordinary soft lead “hollow” rifled slug, but the slug itself is deeply skived at three matching places both on its nose and inside its inner circumfer-ence. So the slug flies downrange as one projectile, but on impact it segments into three equal 150-grain pieces which veer radially outward, causing massive shock and tissue damage, with penetra-tion calculated nearly perfectly for per-sonal defense to limit overpenetration. Your reaction to watching a high-speed video of the impact in ballistic gelatin is “Whoaaa!” The new design ensures lethal knock-down, optimal penetra-tion and improved aim error. It is the best slug load ever devised for pure home defense.
New PDX1 DefeNDer rimfireYes, I said rimfire. For 2012 Winchester is also introducing a .22 Winchester Rimfire Magnum load to the PDX1 De-fender family. It features a 45-grain jack-eted hollowpoint bullet that achieves 1,200 fps velocity from a two-inch re-volver and delivers optimal penetration with maximum expansion. The muzzle energy of the new PDX1 Defender .22 WMR is comparable to a .380 ACP and exceeds the energy of popular .32 Auto carry concealed pistols. It’s a hot little
carry concealed licensees who are pri-marily concerned with ease of carry and minimal recoil. Not to mention that compact .22 WMR revolvers and der-ringers have long been preferred backup guns for plainclothes and undercover police officers. And if that’s what many
people are actually carrying, they de-serve the best and most advanced loads they can get, just the same as with any other cartridge caliber. Besides, as the legendary Elmer Keith was known to say, “Better a .22 in your pocket than .44 Magnum home on the shelf.”
When it comes to ammunition for personal defense, for handgun, rifle, shotgun, or rimfire, there’s no more comprehensive solution than what’s offered by the complete family of Winchester PDX1 Defender ammu-nition products. In a life-crisis situ-ation, there’s no room for “margin of error.” Training, practice, situational awareness, reasonable precautions, and a mature sense of responsibil-ity are critical ingredients. But it all comes down to what happens when the bullet meets the target if you or any of your loved ones are ever called upon to stop a threat.
number. Winchester freely acknowledg-es that no responsible authority would recommend a short-barreled .22 WMR revolver as a primary choice for personal defense. But the fact remains that such revolvers are among the most popular current choices in America for new
PDX1 DefenDer
Winchester PDX1 Defender loads with Split Core Technology (SCT) are well suited for personal defense carbines where conventional .223 and .308 Win. loads have a reputation for overpenetration. With a non-bonded soft lead core, SCT bullets deliver massive energy and upset quickly.
Winchester championed the development of .410 handgun ammunition and now offers a load designed for revolvers with either a 2½-inch or 3-inch cylinders. With a 3-inch load, you get a fourth plated Defense Disk and four additional plated BBs.
Addressing the concern of overpenetration in personal defense loads is the PDX1 Defender 12-gauge segmenting slug.
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“What’s the best gun for personal or home de-fense?” No question is more commonly asked by citizens looking to arm themselves against threats in our ever more threatening world. No question is more difficult to answer. The second most commonly asked ques-tion, once a personal or home defense firearm is selected, is “What’s the best load?” Here the answer is a bit easier. Winchester’s PDX1 Defender family offers more different load choices for more types of firearms than any other ammunition line.
First you need a gun. Handgun, rifle, or shotgun, what’s best? Expert arguments rage across the pages of all firearms publications and all Internet firearms websites and forums. In real-ity, the question can only be answered in terms of individual choice, because it’s actually the same as asking a cham-pion golfer, “What’s the best club?” It all depends on the needs of the shot he’s facing.
For concealed carry, the basic answer is obvious: a handgun, because it’s the only type of firearm that can be carried concealed. But which hand-gun? The basic answer here is also relatively simple: the most powerful and lightest-weight handgun the user can effectively handle and comfort-ably carry. For some, that’s a full-size Model 1911 .45 ACP or a magnum revolver. For others, it’s an ultra-light .22 Magnum rimfire revolver. It’s up to the user. But no matter what your choice of concealed carry handgun or popular defense caliber, Winchester’s PDX1 Defender family now offers you a load: from magnum rimfire to cen-terfire magnum.
For home defense, the same handgun can be used. Or it can be a heavier hand-gun, since it doesn’t have to be carried. In the home, a heavier-weight handgun also has the advantage of moderating the additional recoil of more powerful ammunition, up to whatever level can be effectively mastered by responsible family members who might be called upon to employ it. It’s a family deci-sion, one that should evolve over time as family members grow up and age.
Turning to a rifle or shotgun for home defense, the same considerations apply: the fundamental choice should be the gun and load that all responsible family members can effectively use. Rifles and shotguns have an added advantage: They look incredibly in-timidating to a home invader or at-tacker. The new Winchester 12-gauge PDX1 Defender Segmenting Slug load provides optimal penetration, while also delivering much greater terminal effect in a defense situation than con-ventional shotshell or buckshot loads. It is designed to segment into three pieces to limit over penetration upon hitting its intended target.
Centerfire rifles and carbines have always been lower on the scale of choice for home defense because of the over penetration issue with con-ventional rifle ammunition, although light, easy-to-handle AR-15 carbines or Mini-14-type semiauto .223 rifles have rapidly gained general popularity as home defense tools. Winchester’s new Split Core PDX1 Defender .223 Remington and .308 Winchester loads are the first offerings in these widely used calibers to be specifically de-signed for home defense use, and they are real game-changers for the entire discussion addressing home defense situations.
Choose your firearm. Choose your load. It’s up to you. Just make sure your choice is based on how well you, and other responsible members of the household, can actually perform with the combination if they need to act when the chips are down. And whatever gun and cartridge you select, either for inside or outside the home, give the extensive Winchester PDX1 Defender ammunition family a very close look.
Whether your choice is a full-size stock production pistol like this Colt Series 70 (right) or one that’s been professionally tuned like this Colt Commander by Dick Heinie (left), Winchester centerfire handgun ammunition operates just as reliably in either.
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By Dick MetcalfCHoiCe
PDX1 DefenDer