I don't know. The R.I.P. like another gimmicky P.O.S. to me. I think I'll just stick with HSTs. When I can find them.
Mods please change title to -
Meet the New Superbullet (Same as the Old Superbullet?)
Sorry
Excellent! Just what I was thinking!
I still have a couple of boxes of Black Talon .40s...
Nope.
Small arms AP has a core of a hard metal, such as steel or tungsten, rather than relatively soft lead.
Additionally, 18 USC § 921 defines "armor piercing" ammuntion as:
"(i) a projectile or projectile core which may be used in a handgun and which is constructed entirely (excluding the presence of traces of other substances) from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium; or
(ii) a full jacketed projectile larger than .22 caliber designed and intended for use in a handgun and whose jacket has a weight of more than 25 percent of the total weight of the projectile."
It has nothing to do with the "tip".
Expensive, too. I can imagine a selling price of $2/round or more.