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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.
Oh man, I could tell some stories about that. My ex-wife had stocked up on the 00 and even found an illegal stash of 00+00's. Man, I had bruises like you've never seen after she chucked those c00k b00ks at me. Some of them were darn heavy.
That was my first thought. But the article calls the casing a "shell" so I don't know how accurate it is. Last time I looked .45s shot cartridges not shells.
How many magazines can you fit in the clip with one of these bullets? Are they more deadly than the Teflon coated cop-killer glocks they made in the 80s? Certainly they can’t be worse than the dum-dum bullet .45mm auto clips. These are terrifying.
- Blue Glasers work well
- a caseless cartridge would leave no metallic case - except possible the primer but i sure there solutions for that
- with all democrats in Congress (esp. Sheila Jackson Lee) all solidly backing and writing radical “Executive Orders” for B Hussein Obama 2 to instantly declare and sign - such ammo is likely to be needed to use here in the USA
“I can recall someone (not me of course) purchasing 12 Ga “bolo rounds” at the Pomona, CA show. Lead balls connected with some sort of cable.”
It’s called string shot, illegal for hunting in some states.
Well done, FReeper. But you need to work in "plastic guns", "assault anything", "semi-automatic machine gun something" and "fully automatic glock revolvers". Oh, and don't forget the 3-D printing of ultra lethal and super stealthy weapons that any kid with a computer can now make in his basement.
Multi piece small arms ammunition has been around since at least the American Civil War (search Shaler bullet). They were of larger calibers .54 & .58 and didn’t work that well then. They were very inaccurate, lacked stopping power and the soldiers who were issued them seem to have been more likely to throw them away than to fire them.
1mm = .03937 exactly. 45mm = 1.77165. That is over 1 3/4 inches!
0.45 mm is the diameter of a human hair. I’d hate to load THAT magazine.
There’s a lot of inaccuracies in that article which leaves the “author” in the negative credibility range.
Big Bad LeRoy Brown
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As if the possibility of collateral damage isn’t enough, this round ensures the likelihood of collateral damage to innocent bystanders.
“I have some custom ammunition that has no fewer than NINE projectiles per shell. I can’t tell any more about it due to security considerations, but the box has “00” written on it.”
My Great Uncle Buck invented that. “00” is pronounced “Uh Oh!”. Or “Ouch” if your shoulder is on the back side of the gun.
Shooting something that unpredictable is just asking for trouble. You don’t know exactly where it will hit or if it will miss completely. It may even strike an innocent bystander.
How about just learning to shoot?
Nahhh. Too much felt recoil.
WOW thats really -REALLY TINY. These authors crack me up.
What do you expect from the MSM? They don't know squat about firearms and their editors know even less.
.45 cal handgun -—OK
.45mm hardly, that is half the size of a 9mm round, which is about 0.0177165 inches. A .22 bullet is pretty small and they are saying this killer round is less than 1/10th the size of a .22 bullet. For comparison a “US dime” is about 0.05 inches thick. So this super deadly round is about half as thick as a dime?
Obviously someone doesn't know the metric system or how to measure things and nobody in the MSM is smart enough to spot the error.
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