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Fancy meeting you here. :D

I just saw those not too long ago - seems like the Ranger-T is a better design. They seem to be copying the Hornady Critical Defense/Duty concept or something like that.

I probably need to re-read my copy of Duncan McPherson's book.

On a positive note, I recently reorganized all my collected articles from Doc and various symposiums. It's all very tidy now. :cool:

Bullet manufacturers continue to tinker with new designs, but there's been a real lack of any ballistic gelatin test data that I'm aware of. There was a time when law enforcement agencies published...

Pretty neat design. It relies on the copper jacket to provide the "expansion". With .380, you have non-expanding stuff on one end that penetrates deeply enough, and then you have the stuff that...

I scored 1000 of these some years ago and have loaded up 500. 25.5gr TAC, 2891fps out of my 16 inch gun. I think I'm set for a while. :D

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Looks like Epik will be the new domain registrar.

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I'm absolutely disgusted after having seen this fluff piece. Another light weight, high speed projectile that will not meet expectations.
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I just now noticed this - thanks Shawn!

I have a hardcopy of the very first edition that Dr. Fackler sent me before he retired.

I just don't get it. Federal has a superbly-performing bullet in the HST. Why would they monkey with a new design? Marketing is the obvious answer, but I hate the idea of them pushing what is a...

Yeah, that is weird. My guess (and that's all it is) is that slugs might behave differently in water than other projectiles.

It's good to see more people testing bullets with actual ballistic gelatin. Kudos, OP!

Water only gives you part of the picture, ie. the ideal expansion. Gelatin will give you much more interesting data in regards to the bullet's overall performance. Granted - for pistol bullets that's...