Concealed Carry: Black Hills Honey Badger vs Underwood Xtreme Defense 

The hornady situation involves the company SUPPOSEDLY putting out a memo advising the vaccines would be required and then retracting it.

Only Paul Harrell, God bless him, would sincerely ask the internet to please put a little effort into actually knowing what you're talking about. Paul, you're awesome. The internet will never listen, but I like your optimism. Carry on, good sir.

Deer in the backgroud when Mr. Harrell eaplains the meat target. Young deer "he has a gun we need to move!" Older deer closer to Mr. Harrell "naw, that's Paul, if he was after us one of us would be down already." :)

For an amateur gun enthusiast and engineer, like me, you present an AWESOME set of examples to give empirical evidence, mixed with professional "eye test" opinion. I thoroughly enjoy your videos....no BS...no fluff....no stupid, worthless graphics and irritating music. Please keep it that way!

12:20 Deer-1: “Should we run away?” Deer-2: “Don’t you like pork rib?”

Paul is like the post office of old days, "neither rain, sleet or snow". Excellent video as always.

Even the deer respect Paul as they wander near him on the firing range, totally unconcerned. Lol.

The cool thing about Paul is he looks like a guy who earned the EIB.

Paul, you are a beacon of shining light in the times we currently live. Thank you for nothing more than just being you.

18:29 that felt like less than 5 minutes. Paul is the most consistent channel. Consistently great!

Still really hoping for a 2021 Thanksgiving Special presentation

I'm impressed that the Gold Dot expanded at that low a velocity, well done Speer.

Only Paul would stand in the middle of a small herd of deer building his "simulated meat targets" I guess it's too much to ask the deer to stand in front of the new and improved fleece bullet stops. Nice site!

Paul has earned my “only channel I’ll click off the video I was watching for” award

Paul, in my opinion, the advantage of the extreme defense bullet design is exactly what you showed. Reliable real world performance such as shown on your meat target but most importantly, zero need to rely on expansion. A hollow points performance, albeit critical defense or whatever, is mostly reliant on it expanding as designed. If it doesn’t, you may have pass thru or damage inadequacies. Yes, you may have to adjust your sights for a different point of aim but the extreme defender bullet design eliminates the worry of wondering if it’s going to expand properly. It doesn’t need to

Paul I am a fairly new shooter, and I am very appreciative of your presentations. I have been around firearms my whole life but I have fired very little, and I am in the process of trying to get a 1911 and a concealed carry license. So thank you to you and the people behind the scenes for all the work y’all put in.

Neither rain nor snow nor dark of night will stop Paul from delivering intelligent and worthwhile information. Thank you Paul for another great Sunday video.

I love it when the deer show up to say hi in Paul's videos!

Even the elk stop what they are doing to watch Paul Harrell.

I hope to meet Mr. Harrell someday and shake his hand and thank him for the work he and the crew do. I put my faith in his words because he backs up those words with fact, not here say. He's an experienced shooter and really good at teaching and passing knowledge on to others. Hey, even the deer show up to listen in when he does a video. That might be dangerous though. Makes the deer more cunning.....

I love your channel paul! One of the best gun channels out there!

I have been enjoying Paul's videos since grade school, now I enjoy watching them with my great grandchildren.

Thank you for the presentation Paul, I love learning from you

Loved your pre-video comments. People (including myself) have a tendency to hear, or see, only half of what really took place causing them to open their mouths, when in fact they should have kept them shut! Thanks for your videos, and keep them coming!

I freakin love you brother! I laughed so hard at your intro! I am SOOO sick of the politics too. "At least put some effort into knowing what you're talking about" LMAO

I love how you almost alway cover all of your bases. God bless you Paul. Your thorough-ness is unrivalled.

"I'm not seeing any deer today, where'd they go?" 12:13 "Looks like they're hanging out with Paul Harrell again." 😆

"Please put a little effort into knowing what you are talking about." But... but... That's not how the internet and social media work.

I always end up watching Paul's videos right before starting on my English homework like clockwork.

Thanks for making the Honey Badger vs Extreme Defense video.

Paul - The only person I don’t occasionally disagree with. He doesn’t comment of things he doesn’t know about and that’s a trait where you’re less likely to fall down

✌️ My brother (IL) bought a 44 derringer for personal security. He wanted to test it out so we went to the Sheriff's gun range I had access to. The range master gave him two rounds of 44 magnum to test it out with. It's recoil drew blood on the web of our hands as we verified it worked in both barrels. The range master laughed at BILs initiation. We then let BIL try out the full auto tommy gun the department had at the range. He couldn't stop smiling! 😁

Another great, easy to follow, detailed, informative and entertaining video. Thanks Paul.

I have no idea what a black hills homey badger is but i look forward to finding out

Hope everyone is having a fun - and safe - opening day of deer season! I cleaned up this year, got an 8 point in my clearing 11 minutes after legal shooting started.

Really surprised to see the Speer expand and deal damage so well, considering the much lower velocity. Just goes to show that you must always TEST to make sure you're getting what you pay for.

Them deer in the background must be waiting on the fruit from the meat target... LOL Its crazy how often they show up on yalls "range" they're either really thick up there or don't get hunted on that property either way they're pretty cool to always see them. Great video as always keepem coming brother!!!

12:13 Love the deer in the background. I wonder what they think of "Meat Targets?"

Probably the most informative channel on guns and self defense that I can use and relate too. I find myself watching Paul's videos more and more. Please keep it up

"We are out on our RAINge today".

thats awesome since black hill ammo is available in my country while hornady is not. in switzerland you can only use non-expanding ammo or minimally expanding ammo, which is why lapuas CEPP or fiocci black mamba was an option so far. the solid copper options like in the video are far more effective IMO

Ammo aside, I love the radioactive target. I think I am going to track some of those down.

Thank you for keeping this channel about firearms and ammunition.

Thanks for the no nonsense approach Paul.

Always something new to learn from Paul's excellent videos.

These targets remind me of the movie Broken Arrow; "Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?"

The Gold Dot surprised me on the meat target. I glad he clarified at the end.

Please!! Just let Paul do his thing! If you are nit picking his stuff go away or shut up. He is far and away more forthcoming and honest about what he is doing. If you don't like it... well that middle finger thing.

Thanks Paul wishing you a great weekend.

Deer walks up "Yep, stopped by the 1st layer of fleece"

"what are some of the takaways" well deer like photobombing you and when you not watching in full screen the one buck gets your attention while the other 8 grazing just blend in. legendary

The weather there sounds like you are making popcorn!

I like the fact that Paul's office looks like my dad's garage, but with a computer. Keep it real Paul.

I love Paul's Ghostbusters/hi-speed/tier1op outfit he wears

Nice Job As Always!.....and the deer in the background were Priceless Paul !

Apparently Paul is so damn wholesome and likeable, his mere presence attracts more whitetails in 5 minutes than I can seem to actively seek out in 4 years hunting seasons combined. Nice.

Watching Paul count out points he's making routinely gives me the giggles.

Glad we have Paul and the meat target. Also glad I trusted my gut and avoided the screwdriver rounds....

Honest, competent people are invaluable to our country. The world, even.

Just remember Paul.....sometimes people suck. It's pathetic that you even have to defend your words because someone may have taken what you said differently than intended. Thank you for everything you do.

.44 Special always seemed to have a great reputation in standard loading from the early years on up to WWII. Skeeter Skelton had a soft spot for it post WWII. Sending a 246 grain bullet down range at 700-800 fps doesn’t sound that impressive, but it is still throwing a respectable sized chunk of lead. This was an informative video.

Wait what's going on at Hornady? I haven't heard anything

Never seen a person who has such a great knowledge of firearms. Appreciate a lot for sharing it. No hacitations to admit that I have learned a lot by watching your videos. Great job and keep it up 👍. Thank you sir.

Paul's humor is just the best!

I thought the deer would stick around to see the meat target results...

Thinking back to other videos, rounds using a similar Phillips screwdriver bullet design didn't have much or any deformation.

Finally a target where I can see the holes. Good job keep using them.

Paul, Knowing what you’re talking about would cut internet comments by about 90%.( proverbially speaking). Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Since rifling puts spin n the bullet, can you use an extreme defender or honey badger ammo as a long distance Philips head screw driver? Nah, probably a bad idea. ;)

Me: *Does a quick google search as to what Paul is talking about in regards to Hornady*.............no wonder Paul hates talking about current events and politics regardless of which way he leans

The deer took this from top tier YT content to a cinematic masterpiece. Paul broke his hunter instinct before he broke his stride.

100 percent leave the politics out. Good info Paul!

YES

If you ever get a chance to do a similar test again, I would love to see the meat target behind a car windshield using same ammo. Gut feeling is the monolithic projectiles will really excell, but a test actually proving that would be great.

Filming with a background of innocent bystanding deer, not many people can pull this off. Impressive.

We all appreciate you Paul.

Meat targets aside, how these monolithic Philips-nosed projectiles would perform on the cavity of a deer or a human, seem to be the same or better in gel test comparisons. In other words, when FLUIDS come into the equation (not tangerines) where substantial hydraulic dynamics could be part of the terminal effect, I think they'd work just fine. I think they'd work almost as well as an expanding projectile while penetrating just as well as a WFN non-expanding solid copper or hard cast load. But hey, none of this stuff has emotional investment. We're just comparing terminal ballistics of various bullet types.

Hay i work at rugers making those gp100’s 😜

The main reason I like you is NO politics. I prefer your knowledge.

Paul gets rained on a lot. We need to send him a rain hat. He needs a Jones hat to match his jacket.

I always thought Black Hills was drastically over-priced. Their performance is SOMETIMES a tiny bit better than much lower priced options, and often is no-better, no-worse. They seem to have "convinced" many people (some of whom were given the ammo for free in exchange for good reviews.)

Will someone clue me in as to what the hornady situation is?

Years ago in the 90's I was doing a lot of outdoor things, and also handloading. I found the .44 Special very useful and easy to load for. I almost exclusively loaded a 240 grain cast semi-wadcutter bullet and just varied the powder charge. With 6 grains of Unique I had a very soft shooter for practice at about 800 fps, and I could shoot a rabbit or squirrel with very little meat damage. I also loaded the classic Skeeter Skelton load of 7.5 grains of the same powder that gave me about 1,000 fps. Since I was carrying a .44 Magnum revolver at the time, I simply loaded the hotter rounds seated out to the second grease groove, so that I had a quick visual reference to which was which. I shot several Virginia white tail deer with the 7.5 grain load, and they dropped like a stone. I always felt that I would be pretty well protected against two-legged varmints with this load as well. But try as I might, I couldn't find any really good factory ammo until I came across a CCI Blazer load with a 200 grain jacketed hollow point. It worked well out of my 4-inch Model 29 so I kept a box on hand. But mostly I liked the .44 Special as an outdoors round with my hand loads because the Model 29 was just too big for daily carry. I did fool around a bit with a Rossi 5-shot stainless revolver with a 3-inch barrel with the CCI Blazer load that worked okay, but not really better than one of my K frame S&W's with .38 or .357 loads that carried an extra shot, so I soon lost interest in this setup in .44 Special as a defense gun.

Paul, you are my favorite RU-vidr. I don't watch TV. I'm Gen X, TV does nothing for me. I love select movies as an amateur lover of classic films and select modern films. But you are my favorite RU-vidr. You are da Bomb!

I have arguably 100k+ rounds on my shelf. There are MULTIPLE manufacturers including hornady. I will use the hornady until it is gone, same with all the other mfg. As necessary . It will be replaced as necessary. Probably won’t replace hornady with hornady unless they do an about face. There, I said it. C/2/16 1st Infantry Div. 1969

I love shooting 44 spl but it’s expensive and hard to find now. Night and day versus the 44 mag in terms of pleasantness. But to save my life and only one shot to do it, give me the magnum. Scare the hell out of the target even if you miss. Lol.

By the numbers, boys. 1) Accuracy test 3:51 2) Chronograph 6:56 3) Let’s go crunch the numbers 9:33 4) Meat target 12:02 5) You be the judge 16:13

Great video. Thanks Paul !

I’d be extremely skeptical of the penetration capability of a bullet with the mass of a 9mm and the frontal area of a .44… Sectional density is crap on that

Would you do a “bit” on .41mag? I like the cartridge , but it sremd to hsve become obdolete

I enjoy watching these videos. The take away is two things.. 1st The entertainment.. 2nd The educational value from someone who knows his trade.

Mule deer hanging around waiting for some tasty tangerines. TY Paul.

Ok Paul, I deeply respect your knowledge and the content/quality of your videos, along with the respective topics being discussed. Moreover, you're a fellow Jarhead brother as well, BUT your channel is a gun channel. As such, politics CANNOT be avoided. Everything related to firearms is political, just like every other "hot button" issue in America. Additionally, I know you live in a state that always votes "blue," but also possesses very conservative counties and country folk. Yet, I also noticed that a certain percentage of your fan base will eagerly pop off with some negative commentary about Conservatives and/or the GOP (sometimes justly deserved), strongly "implying" they may support the Democratic Party, and at the same time state they are also very "pro gun." A person could have gotten away with that 20-30 years ago, but not anytime recently. So, what point am I trying to make here? You "may" want to get "political" with your channel, because brother, every Federal Democrat is strongly anti-gun (despite their phony campaign pledges), except for maybe Senator Joe Manchin. I don't think it's too far fetched to assume that lovely old school AR15-A1 or A2 that you often employ in your videos "may" be banned in your state down the road???? I sincerely hope not, but I find it so hilarious how people from both coasts make fun or disregard the Midwest flyover country, but our states are solid when it comes to 2nd Amendment issues. Time for you to get the "Ducks" and "Beavers" to wake up!!!

**wild elk bugles loudly and rudely** Only the wolves can cull the elk; in order to ensure the survival of the next generation of baby aspen trees, so that beavers may flourish.

Paul, we love you. Don't ever change.

Just ordered a Paul Harrell Original Meat Trap shirt from DoNotComply. Love it!

HORNADY DID A VAX MANDATE?! Ok I'm out.

I don't know why I got recommended this channel but I like it and he seems like a pretty cool guy to hang out with.

My cat was fascinated by your presentation today, until the deer showed up. He hates herbivores. I wasn't even aware he owned a revolver, let alone a .44 Special.

Amazing videos from Paul. None better.