SPECIAL BULLETS FOR YOUR COMPACT FIREARMS. We offer you the same bullets used in Gold Dot® Short Barrel® ammunition as a component for your reloading needs. These bullets are engineered for excellent expansion at velocities common to short—barreled handguns. Gold Dot Short Barrel bullets in .38, .40, and .45 caliber are profiled the same as their regular Gold Dot counterparts for reliable feeding in semi-autos, plus we added more volume to the hollow point cavity to aid in low-velocity expansion.