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I carry either .40S&W or .45ACP. In either case, the gun is loaded with hollow points, usually Federal Hydra-Shok.
I've been known to go about without a spare magazine. I know I should carry a spare, but I don't always.
(15+1 in the .40 and no malfunction of any kind in the last 1200 rounds or so with that gun, puts the spare mag on the "nice to have but probably not absolutely necessary" list.)
If I'm carrying one or more spare mags, then one of them is loaded with full metal jacket ammo.
I figure that in the unlikely event that I'm in a gunfight (that we here try to prepare for and hope never happens), and even more unlikely event that it lasts long enough to need a reload, whoever I'm shooting at may well be behind cover by that time and I may want the extra penetration. (Figuring that by that time, any innocent bystanders, that could be further endangered by overpenetration, will have cleared the area or be flat on the floor.)
I'm not telling anyone else to do it my way. I'm just stating what I carry and my thinking behind it.