CCW Weekend: +P Ammo Info For New Shooters

New gun owners and carriers have to get some carry ammo for their new carry pistol or home defense handgun, and might notice that the only stuff left on store shelves says that it’s “+P.” Or they might have been told by someone that +P ammo is what they should have to defend themselves.

If that’s you, we’ll go over what +P ammo is and whether or not it’s what you should get, or if you should avoid it. The short answer is if it’s what you can get, it’s probably fine.

As far as what you might have heard about it well, sometimes it’s true and sometimes it isn’t. We’ll go over that too.

So, what is +P ammo?

The +P designation means “overpressure,” meaning the ammunition has a little bit more powder than the standard loading and therefore the projectile is (in theory!) propelled to a faster velocity than the standard recipe for that caliber.