About 6 years ago I bought my first 10mm, Rock Island Armory 10mm A2 FS HC , for self defense and bear country EDC. I bought 43 different types of ammo from every big and small company i could find to begin testing what I would carry for self defense against 2 and 4 legged threats. 3 different types of target scenario was setup, it took me 3 days to test each one maticuosly and with a broad assortment of ammo types amd weights I ended up picking the Liberty Civil Defense as my EDC ammo even though i thought it was a gimmicky round when I purchased it for the very first time, I even switched my back up 9mm to this brand…I will never trust any other round on the market with my or my family’s life on the line like I do with this ammo. The ONLY negative I can possibly point out, is you will always need to double tap if there is glass between you and the target, almost all other normal scenario barriers are no match. This round will penetrate through dense objects (such as a 6 inch polymer pillar that is hollow in the center) further than most FMJ or Hard Cast. If your in doubt…TRY IT OUT, you’ll ditch the gold dot/hydrashok/R.I.P forever

I’ve purchased a few different calibers quite awhile back to choose one for self defense and my concern was truly bullet weight and at the range that problem was resolved quickly by a mere few shot. I found these rounds devastating and all three calibers I would feel very safe using anyone of them for self defense. In closing I would hate getting hit with one of these rounds, however I’m a law biding citizen.

I happened to come across a couple boxes of this wonderful ammo at my local indoor range, and decided to get a couple boxes to test in my Sig P220 Legion.

During the test I fired the Overwatch along with some Hornady Critical Duty w/ the 175Gr FlexLock and some Hornady Custom 155Gr XTPs.

First impression with the Overwatch is that it’s so light; it’s barely noticeable once the loaded mag is in the pistol because it’s so light.

The Overwatch is louder than the range rounds or the Hornady rounds I fired, but felt recoil is noticeably reduced.

Accuracy compared to the Hornady was perhaps a tad better due to reduced felt recoil at 10-25 Yards.

I had zero FTFs or any issues at all with the Overwatch; it cycled through my Sig flawlessly.

I cannot speak to the stopping power of this round since I’ve only punched holes in paper with it, but tests I’ve seen online are very interesting indeed.

I now plan to carry my Sig with Overwatch due to the great performance and low weight!