At one time, packing a compact handgun meant sacrificing performance and ammunition selection. Speer Ammunition changed all of that with the release of their Gold Dot Short Barrel ammunition. Gold Dot Short Barrel ammunition was designed to work in barrels as short as 1.9 inches, while still being able to produce less felt recoil and achieving reliable expansion and penetration. Speer Gold Dot Short Barrel ammunition provides reliable feeding in sub-compact handguns and consistent expansion and performance at a variety of distances and velocities.