My own SR9c, and Rugers in general, eat anything. I suppose over the course of thousands of rounds jacketed bullets will wear the bore faster than lead slugs. My current 9X19 defensive round is factory RWS 124 grain FMJ. I live out in the country where trouble is as likely to be on four legs as on two and I like the idea of putting two holes in the target.
Today's premium (read: expensive) hollow point and expanding point bullets are excellent, especially the Speer Gold Dot, Winchester PDX, and Hornady XTP and FTX. My tests with revolvers and autoloaders on several different media indicate that, as a general rule, cheapie hollow points do you no favors. They often don't expand or do so unevenly, creating a lopsided wound channel. I think a quality, relatively heavy for caliber FMJ is nearly always a better choice.
I've found that flat point lead bullets generally test quite well. They expand enough to create a decent wound channel but don't turn into sunflowers, and penetrate quite well. They're dirt cheap and very accurate too, the only downside is that to get the best performance out of cast bullet ammo you really need to handload.