Posted on 02/07/2014 10:47:24 AM PST by null and void
If Robocop were real, he would probably use this ammo.
Multiple impact bullet, or MIB for short, is not your standard pellet-type round, such as the buckshot, and scattershot used in shotguns, but rather a .45mm handgun-type ammunition. MIB holds three projectile fragments that spread themselves in a specific pattern every time they're fired, thereby increasing hit probability and decreasing collateral damage. In essence, they're a law enforcement officer's dream.
The 3-in-1 round was invented by entrepreneur and game hunter, Todd Kuchman from Colorado, with the goal of increasing gun accuracy of nervous shooters. By employing a ballistic-strength fiber in the center of each bullet, Kuchman was able to contain the three shrapnel fragments within a finite distance of 14 inches across a Y-shaped pattern. This controlled distance makes the bullet ideal for hostage rescue squads aiming to take down a perpetrator holding a hostage close, as seen in most cliche'd cop movies.
A question of legality inevitably arises when dealing with the sale and manufacturing of a new kind of deadly weapon, especially one that advertises itself as being. Technically speaking, any type of ammunition is legal in the United States so long as it's not armor piercing, according to Earl Griffith, firearms technology expert for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Costing five dollars a bullet.
The wide shot range increases hit probability
The bullets can only be purchased from Kuchman's company, Advanced Ballistics Concepts, for five to six dollars a pop depending on whether customers opt for the .45mm handgun or 12-guage shotgun shells. The company has made a total of $100,000 in profits with the first two weeks, but gun analyst speculate that it'll be difficult for a new comer to succeed in a market traditionally dominated by the historic firms Winchester and Remington. Chiseling a segment of the market will involve many more years of extensive testing as well the adopt by law enforcement agencies, and frankly, I think this type deadly technology needs a bit more regulation.
“Yea, I dont see any point to this ammo at all,”
Exotic ammo collectors might like this, to put in the case next to Gyrojet and DU .410 slugs.
Nice. Although I'd rather get one of these 105mm handguns. Though ammo cost is a bitch.
That’s .018” diameter - about the same size as a sewing needle. Accelerate it to mach 5 and maybe you would get some recoil.
They have had soemthing similar for a long time. many law enforcement agencies have a 12 ga. round that fires two large ball bearings connected by a short cable. The reasoning for that round was yu could open a hole through a door and then fire a regular round through, assuming your target was foolish enough to stand by the hole. Obviously, its intended use is quite different than that suggested.
I suspect, without knowing the ballistic info behind this new round, it would lose too much of its stopping power, the range of the round would certainly be lessened. No doubt it would hurt like heck, possibly maim, but I don’t think it would be all that effective at flat out stopping. I think it would be useless in the hostage scenario they suggest.
Now a 12 ga. or even a 40mm grenade launcher with a device that expanded even further that could wrap around a perp might be something. I know one of the villians on the Tick had one and assuming television hasn’t lied to me, it could work.
Of course. Have you not heard of the new 0.018 caliber?
Kind of looks like a bolo, doesn’t it? No fps numbers, but I’d imagine that *hurts* pretty darned good. Tore-up the cardboard silhouette pretty good; I can imagine what it’d do to skin.
“A question of legality inevitably arises when dealing with the sale and manufacturing of a new kind of deadly weapon, especially one that advertises itself as being.”
Ammo with beingness?
As taught in the NRA concealed carry course I took, every fragment, like every solid round, has a lawyer attached. I’d rather deal with controlled hits than worry about that silly string trying to hold things together.
Lulz
I caught that too and immediately thought... "Another media mental midget writing about something totally foreign to them."
http://g2rip.com/
And you gotta love a self-defense cartridge named RIP.
he separation physics is very sensitive to things like minute differences in mass of the facets, wind, perturbations from the sabot separation process and for various other reasons doesn’t work well in live fire.”
Can you imagine how much those quarter moon shaped projectiles will tumble and fly off at random angles? There is a reason bullets are shaped the way they are.
> .45mm handgun ????
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> LOL! That’s 1.771 inches in diameter. I bet it kicks!
Nope, you’re off by a couple orders of magnitude:
0.45 mm = 0.01771654 in
So no kick at all; and you need tweezers and some REALLY steady hands to load it...
And it’s lead free!
I think they are talking about not the ability to punch through armor, but rounds made specifically to go through armor. A rifle round will definitely punch through a soft vest, legal. Armor piercing FN 5.7 rounds made for punching through armor, illegal.
Exactly my point; thanks.
Wow. We must shop at the very same Advanced Weapons Technology lab.
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