Posted on 01/25/2014 10:47:13 AM PST by Islander7
They call it the R.I.P. round and with good reason. G2 Research has released a new ammo that is taking the market by storm and has gun owners all over the country trying to find where to pick some up.
(Excerpt) Read more at thelibertydigest.com ...
maybe....maybe vest will work
vests can be cut with knives....and this thing looks like a bunch of knives...
They should rename it “fluffy Bunny “ or “ Goose Feather” round.
Hm, I wonder what would happen if the grooves were cut to spiral a little bit?
or like myself....I reload ALL my own rounds.
I have been told it is not a good idea to reload defense rounds....some bottom feeder will start calling it ‘killer rounds’. as if my .45ACP FMJ rounds wont make someone room temperature...
My thoughts as well. I have a CZ-75B that will reliably feed just about anything I put in it, and I’m thinking these might give it some indigestion....
That’s exactly what I was thinking.
only the cylindrical part of the bullet which is only visible in the case in the picture above can engage the rifling to cause spin. the ogive or conical part of the bullet would never touch the rifling hence never impart spin...
polish the ramp....
I laughed at the part about the teeth “ripping through” various materials, like a buzz saw. What a joke. Look up the velocity of the projectile, look at the twist rate of the barrel and calculate how many time the projectile spins in, say, one foot. And the energy delivered by the rotating mass. It’s pathetically little.
Hint: The S&W .40 twist rate is 1-16” and the standard 9mm is 1-10”.
Complete nonsense. Many years ago some manufacturers experimented with steel bullets to increase penetration. The hard steel would wear out barrels much faster than softer copper or lead, so the bullets were coated with Teflon to prevent barrel damage. The MSM called these "cop-killer bullets"; the denser material may have been better at penetrating body armor but the Teflon didn't have a thing to do with it.
you could probably get pretty close results with a standard Deer slug a bench vise and a dremel tool...
No need. That pistol will easily consume stuff that would gag a maggot. Far and away the most reliable auto loader I’ve ever owned, carried or fired, with any bullet configuration I’ve ever dared try in it. I just question whether the particular geometry of this projectile will lend itself to regular feeding in already extremely reliable firearms. It very well may, i just have some big questions about it doing so.
The Viet Nam “flack vests” were to stop shrapnel and not bullets. The one that I wore was filled with a fiberglass mat. I really don't care if you call me a liar or not but you should at least use facts.
I also thing if you bother to look up Teflon you would find several theories.
Pretty cool, looks like they just took the flechette shotgun rounds and adapted them to work with a pistol cartridge.
These are cool but I’ll play devil’s advocate:
-That’s a very light bullet for 9mm. Once it sheds the “teeth” there’s very little mass penetrating into the target.
-The video claims these things penetrate any known obstacle, then shows them penetrating a lot of ballistic gel and paper. I think they shoot one cinder block.
-I’m skeptical that the teeth could act in a saw-like manner upon hitting a target. If fired out of a barrel of, say, 1:10 twist, the bullet is traveling almost a foot forward for every 360 degree rotation. There’s no way that you could achieve any real cutting action with the small rotation the bullet would have in passing through a fraction of an inch of material.
-No mention of cost, but I’m guessing it’ll be high compared to traditional self-defense ammo.
-The videos don’t show any comparison to other JHP rounds. You can make cool videos with any ammo but if this stuff is supposed to be better than other self-defense ammo they should show a comparison.
For all I know these things may be the greatest invention in ammo since the self-loading cartridge. But I wouldn’t say I’m “drooling” just yet.
I have a bone stock US Army Remington Rand 1911A1 circa 1943 that will feed anything...
....my son has a retro Colt 1911A1 made in 2002. it has the Property US Govt (they made it slightly different so as not to be confused with the originals ) Both are about as accurate as the other....but his does not like feed anything but FMJ rounds....
he really gets pissed when he sees mine shoot lead bullets without a glitch.....
I always sensed there was something prestigious about you.
I said: “The film says there is no lead.”
You said: “Non-toxic, therefore healthy.”
Glad the attacker will die healthy.
I have lead pellets for an air gun pistol, and they turn my hand black while I load that pistol, so I wear throw away plastic gloves to handle those pellets. I mean those are so dirty, it’s bad.
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