CorBon DPX 9mm Luger 95gr Solid Copper – Superb 20 Round Box

Description

A 9mm hollow point has one job and two ways to fail at it: plug up in heavy clothing and not expand, or expand so violently it stops short of anything vital. The CorBon DPX 9mm Luger 95gr DPX was built specifically to fail at neither.

• Why a Solid Copper Hollow Point
• CorBon DPX 9mm Luger 95gr DPX Specifications
• Honest Notes on This Load

Why a Solid Copper Hollow Point

DPX stands for Deep Penetrating X, and the bullet is a Barnes X: machined from solid copper with a hollow cavity in the nose, no lead core and no separate jacket. On impact the cavity forces the nose to split into petals that fold back into a broad flower, while the solid shank behind them keeps its full diameter and drives forward.

Because there is nothing to separate, weight retention is effectively total. That is the mechanical difference from a conventional cup-and-core hollow point, which can shed its jacket or fragment and lose the mass that was supposed to carry it deep. The CorBon DPX 9mm Luger 95gr DPX arrives, opens, and keeps going as one piece.

At 95 grains and 1300 feet per second it produces roughly 356 foot-pounds. Note the bullet is unusually light for 9mm, where 115 to 147 grains is normal. Copper is less dense than lead, so a solid copper bullet of the same length weighs less, and CorBon uses the resulting velocity to drive expansion.

CorBon DPX 9mm Luger 95gr DPX Specifications

The practical case for this design is barriers. Heavy winter clothing is what defeats most 9mm hollow points, because fabric packs the cavity and the bullet behaves like a solid. A Barnes X petal design is far more resistant to that, and it also performs more consistently through auto glass and light cover than conventional designs.

Being solid copper, the CorBon DPX 9mm Luger 95gr DPX is lead free. That is mostly incidental for a defensive round, but it matters if you shoot at an indoor range that restricts exposed lead, or if you simply prefer not to have it.

One honest caveat. Lighter bullets at higher velocity produce a sharper recoil impulse than a heavy subsonic load, and some shooters find a 95 grain 9mm at 1300 feet per second snappier than they expect. Fire a box through your carry pistol before committing to it, both to confirm you shoot it well and to confirm the gun feeds it, since the wide petal profile is a different shape from ball ammunition.

• Cartridge: 9mm Luger
• Bullet weight: 95 grain
• Bullet type: Barnes X solid copper hollow point
• Muzzle velocity: 1300 feet per second
• Muzzle energy: approximately 356 foot-pounds
• Lead free: yes
• Case: brass
• Rounds per box: 20
• Series: CorBon DPX
• Manufacturer item: DPX0995
• UPC: 757750099807

Honest Notes on This Load

Buy the CorBon DPX 9mm Luger 95gr DPX if you carry a 9mm in a cold climate, where heavy clothing is the most likely thing to defeat a conventional hollow point. Deep, consistent penetration with full weight retention is what this bullet is for.

Skip it for practice. This is defensive ammunition at defensive pricing, and a box of twenty is a magazine or two. Train with bulk 115 or 124 grain full metal jacket and carry this.

Test it in your specific pistol before you rely on it. Solid copper hollow points have a distinctive nose profile, and while most modern 9mm feed them without complaint, a pistol with a tight feed ramp occasionally will not. That is worth finding out on a range rather than elsewhere.

Comparing 9mm carry loads? The SIG 365 9mm V-Crown JHP is a conventional bonded-style option. For practice, the SIG 365 9mm 115gr FMJ is ballistically matched training ammunition. Barnes documents its solid copper bullet designs on its own site.

MAG5 Firearms stocks defensive and practice 9mm side by side. If you carry, ask us to pair your carry load with a training load that shoots to the same point of impact.