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OATH Expanding and Fragmenting Slugs
alloutdoor.com ^ | 1/14/2016 | Oleg Volk

Posted on 01/19/2016 6:37:15 AM PST by Jed Eckert

Taking 12ga to a whole new level of destruction.

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12ga slugs have been rightly known as good stoppers on dangerous game, but tend to over-penetrate in hominids. OATH Ammunition has two new designs that solve over-penetration along with greatly improving reliability in box-fed shotguns.

Above is their 1.25oz 1600fps all-copper slug designed to expand to an incredible 2.5" and penetrate just enough to punch through a hostile human with little energy left to harm anyone downrange. If you've ever heard the expression: "a hole big enough to toss a cat through," consider that cats can fit any opening larger than their heads, and smaller breeds have heads under 2.5" in circumference. The copper or aluminum expander die visible in the middle ensures reliable opening even through heavy clothing. The die itself penetrates deeper than the expanded slug.

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Loaded in machined brass cases, these cartridges won't deform out of round under spring pressure even in 10 or 12 shot box magazines of shotguns like MKA1919 or Saiga. These photos show display samples. The actual production slugs have sharp leading edges. These will be available in 2.75" length and also in 2" for tube shotguns that can feed shorter ammunition and would benefit from additional capacity.

The billet machined cases don't suffer from stress cracks like the drawn variety and have been tested to 1,000+ reloads with no measurable degradation. In both WW1, WW2, and Vietnam, US Army used paper or plastic hulled shells and found them lacking in resistance to humidity, eventually going to brass. The OATH loads just starts out right. Having solved the challenge of making machined reloadable aluminum cases, OATH will also offer ballistically matched practice loads at lower price than these premium shells.

12ga-brasscaseThe frangible slug is enormously heavy at 2.25oz but slower-1200fps-so that the muzzle energy of the two loads is similar at 3100ft-lbs. Upon impact, this all-brass (except for the 40 grain copper expander die) projectile breaks up into half-dozen 158 grain sharp triangular pieces, each spreading about 15 degrees to the side of the initial direction. Penetration is likewise limited to the depth of a rib cage, producing very good stopping effect without over penetration.

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On the left, experimental expanding slug with a flat die, on the right, the fragmenting slug. Both may be fired from a smooth bore with roughly two inch dispersion at 25 yards, but rifled shotguns are ideal for best accuracy. The lighter projectile has been tested to yield groups under 2 inches at 100 yards with Remington 870 Deer Gun. Precise machining and jacket-less monolithic construction have their pluses.

The high energy and impressive precision turn modern rifled shotguns into light safari rifles, suitable for most North American game at short range and eminently functional for defensive social use. Just don't fire them from lightweight single shot or side by side shotguns-your shoulder won't like it! In a gas operated autoloader or a defensive pump with a full-length tube, recoil is far more reasonable.

Both of these loads will be available for purchase on OATH web site by the end of January 2016.

- Oleg Volk


TOPICS: Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; hunting; shooting
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Nasty looking rounds. Will definitely get some. Thank goodness they didn't make them black lest the liberals go into a complete meltdown. Anyone remember the Black Talon rounds from a few years back?
1 posted on 01/19/2016 6:37:15 AM PST by Jed Eckert
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To: Jed Eckert

Remember when all the hoopla and hu-hu was about so-called ‘cop-killer’ bullets?

Well, since cops are being targeted for killing all over the US by certain members of our society, where’s the outcry of rage and anger?.........................


2 posted on 01/19/2016 6:45:43 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Jed Eckert

Chuckie Scummer will have a conniption fit.


3 posted on 01/19/2016 6:46:13 AM PST by headstamp 2
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To: Jed Eckert
Anyone remember the Black Talon rounds from a few years back?

If you are speaking of the ones I think you are...yes. I still have a box or two left.

4 posted on 01/19/2016 6:47:06 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
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To: Jed Eckert

A foster slug flattens out,tends not to over penetrate and is a proven man stopper. You can also find them at Walmart for about a buck a pop.


5 posted on 01/19/2016 6:51:59 AM PST by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: Jed Eckert
Those will work well in one of these.
6 posted on 01/19/2016 6:54:06 AM PST by meatloaf
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To: meatloaf

KSG17 ?


7 posted on 01/19/2016 6:57:24 AM PST by baltimorepoet
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To: Jed Eckert

May actually screw up “rifled shotguns” under NY law.
Rifles are defined as having rifled barrels firing metallic cartridges.
Shotguns are defined as having non-rifled barrels firing non-metallic cartridges.
“Rifled shotguns” were not defined as anything - not even “firearms”.
Now that 12ga metallic cartridges exist for rifled barrels, NY will spin it as “rifled shotguns” = “rifles” with whatever legal consequences follow. Now, since they’re encouraged for deer hunting (large deer, projectile has limited range) that may not be a problem for now, but will get snagged if NY gets around to banning rifles >= .50 caliber.


8 posted on 01/19/2016 7:04:00 AM PST by ctdonath2 (History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the week or the timid. - Ike)
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To: Jed Eckert

Price? looks expensive.
Makes me wonder how possible is a “dedicated home mill”, insert brass rod in one end, get shell & slug out the other end, just add powder & primer. Possible with lead, but lead being toxic one may not want to deal with it in the garage.


9 posted on 01/19/2016 7:09:05 AM PST by ctdonath2 (History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the week or the timid. - Ike)
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I wonder what the retail price per round will be?

The website has similarly designed .45 ACP for $29.95 for a 20 round box.


10 posted on 01/19/2016 7:09:12 AM PST by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: Jed Eckert

Does it come in a 4 bladed version for placing a cross in black heart of a muslim?


11 posted on 01/19/2016 7:10:18 AM PST by null and void (This war starts in the spiritual realm-it will end in ours though.)
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To: ctdonath2

Why use brass cases they well soon be lost a good plastic case would be much more economical.


12 posted on 01/19/2016 7:39:37 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: meatloaf

They can be loaded one at a time in any 12 gage, as in drop it in the firing chamber not feed from a tubular magazine.


13 posted on 01/19/2016 7:40:26 AM PST by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: hubel458
How does an aluminum case sound for a 12 Gauge from Hell short?
14 posted on 01/19/2016 7:43:24 AM PST by kitchen
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To: riverrunner

There’s a lot of money to be made in “cost is no object” firearms.


15 posted on 01/19/2016 7:47:50 AM PST by ctdonath2 (History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the week or the timid. - Ike)
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To: Jed Eckert

For later.


16 posted on 01/19/2016 7:54:25 AM PST by Envisioning (4.13.15 - That awkward moment in history when 53 million racists became sexists...)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Anyone remember the Black Talon rounds from a few years back?

If you are speaking of the ones I think you are...yes. I still have a box or two left.

I still have a couple boxes too. They've pretty much become collectors items. If I'm not mistaken the manufacturer simply eliminated the black color, renamed them something less intimidating and reintroduced the exact same round with a new look and name. Then all was well in liberal land.

17 posted on 01/19/2016 8:08:58 AM PST by Jed Eckert (The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem)
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To: Jed Eckert

For later.

L


18 posted on 01/19/2016 8:12:59 AM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: headstamp 2
Chuckie Scummer will have a conniption fit.

Good! Anything to annoy Schu-Merde.

19 posted on 01/19/2016 8:16:20 AM PST by Jed Eckert (The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem)
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To: Jed Eckert; The Toll

OOOOOOO sexy-lookin slugs.

Pity I don’t have a semiautomatic 12 gauge! :)


20 posted on 01/19/2016 8:19:58 AM PST by Lazamataz (If the Oregon occupiers are occupying a National Wildlife REFUGE, are they not now REFUGEES?)
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