Speer LE Releases Gold Dot G2

Lewiston, ID based Speer, a brand of Vista Outdoor, Inc. recently announced the release of their new Gold Dot G2 ammunition for LEOs.

Speer LE Releases Gold Dot G2

Here’s what they tell us about the new duty ammo.

For years, Speer Gold Dot has been the pinnacle of duty handgun ammunition performance. New Gold Dot G2 builds on this reputation with a next-generation duty bullet design. Shipments of this new product are now being delivered to Law Enforcement dealers.

Instead of a large cavity in the nose, Gold Dot G2 has only a shallow dish filled with a high-performance elastomer. On impact, the material is forced into specially designed fissures to start the expansion process, as opposed to conventional bullet designs, which need target media to enter the hollow point and create expansion forces. The result is extremely uniform expansion, and more consistent penetration across barrier types, gun platforms and barrel lengths.

Features & Benefits

• Passes FBI Protocol Testing
• Nose features a shallow, dish-shaped depression filled with elastomer
• Expansion begins on impact, when elastomer is forced into engineered internal fissures
• Extremely uniform upset and penetration
• Exclusive Gold Dot construction virtually eliminates core/jacket separation
• Structural-plated, pressure-formed core
• Excellent reliability and feeding in duty firearms

Part No. / Description / MSRP

54226 / 9mm Luger 147-grain Gold Dot G2 / $27.95 – 50 count
53999 / 40 S&W 180-grain Gold Dot G2 / $30.95 – 50 count
54256 / 45 Auto 230-grain Gold Dot G2 / $33.95 – 50 count

NOTE: This product is sold to LE agencies and individual officers only.

Speer is a brand of Vista Outdoor Inc., an outdoor sports and recreation company. 

About Vista Outdoor Inc. in their own words.

Vista Outdoor is a leading global designer, manufacturer and marketer of consumer products in the growing outdoor sports and recreation markets. The company operates in two segments, Shooting Sports and Outdoor Products, and has a portfolio of well-recognized brands that provides consumers with a wide range of performance-driven, high-quality and innovative products for individual outdoor recreational pursuits. Vista Outdoor products are sold at leading retailers and distributors across North America and worldwide. Vista Outdoor is headquartered in Utah and has manufacturing operations and facilities in 13 U.S. States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico along with international customer service, sales and sourcing operations in Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe and New Zealand. 

You can find Vista Outdoor here and Speer brand here.

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