For an answer I am willing to trade some gun info on my country. In Kenya, it is possible to get a gun license - difficult though. I have one, and my.carry piece is a Glock 19 Gen 4. Purchase price was ...wait for it ...almost USD 2,500 (when I convert go Dollars). A gun that would have set me back 650 in the US. Also, getting good carry ammo is not easy. Most people carry S&B hollowpoints or Fiocchi Black Mamba. I managed to get some Federal Hydrashok. I know a guy who got Golddots from someone at the US embassy, but since I haven't seen them I cannot confirm that.
They’re called THV and Monad Bullets:
http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/THV.htm
After some searching for a name with which to locate their history, a Google Search returns this:
TRÈS HAUTE VITESSE (THV) = Very High Speed.
Somehow, it doesn’t look very aerodynamic to me. But the fps specs on the chart shows otherwise, even though they’re very low weight rounds:
http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/THV.htm
At the FFL where I do some part-time project work, one of the gunsmiths has a few boxes of old SFM ammo, in perfect condition.