R.I.P. Handgun Ammo ?

BT is still around IIRC - just under a new name due to the bad press of the BT debacle.

Not entirely. The PDX is a more modern, better version of the Black Talon. Better bullet construction and expansion minus the lubalox coating
 
I wouldn't use it, but I don't think I'd like to be shot with it either.
 
Not entirely. The PDX is a more modern, better version of the Black Talon. Better bullet construction and expansion minus the lubalox coating

There is some research that shows that no coatings yield higher chamber pressures which yield more velocity therefore more energy.

I wouldn't use it, but I don't think I'd like to be shot with it either.

I don't wanna be shot with a Benjamin BB gun even so that argument doesn't help much lol
 
Here's a Black Talon next to a Ranger. Except for the color, they look pretty much the same to me.

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Many years ago , I shot some "Black Talon " to test expansion and penetration and was very unimpressed . But that was 9mm thru a Gl 19 -so pretty short barrel and IIRC it was heavy subsonic . Believe I still have some buried in a cache which is where it will probably remain .
 
Gimmick. The whole idea is to retain mass. Shedding mass results in less penetration. Little bitty light weight fragments do not penetrate far, do not do much damage, do not add keep the mass moving forward.

Stick with tried and true, tested and verified rounds. Gold dot, hst and and ranger are good. Corbon up there also. Hydrashock is too but tend to have a little trouble when going through heavy clothing (gobs up the hollow point impeding expansion).

If it looks nasty, it really probably isn't and will incite most sheeple fear.

Don't get me wrong I think this ammo is gimmicky as heck but this isn't 100% true. Three things stop an attacker, pain, blood loss, and trauma to the central nervous system. All those little pieces of metal travelling through a human body would cause more blood loss than a single wound channel. For stopping the central nervous system it looks like it would make a shot to the head just like any other round.

I personally carry Hydra-shok in my 45 ACP and Speed gold dots for my .380.
 
Not entirely. The PDX is a more modern, better version of the Black Talon. Better bullet construction and expansion minus the lubalox coating
Lol.
Bottom line; the Black Talon concept is still around under a new name not tainted by bad press.
(Notice there is no question mark).
 
Don't get me wrong I think this ammo is gimmicky as heck but this isn't 100% true. Three things stop an attacker, pain, blood loss, and trauma to the central nervous system. All those little pieces of metal travelling through a human body would cause more blood loss than a single wound channel
With some notable exeptions; way back when, there was the 'cookie cutter' bullet.
The concept was to fire a tubular projectile at a body mass.
Basically the defensive ammo carved out a huge sausage inside the wound channel thus was supposed to bleed out a body fast.
A single projectile (after shedding wad).
 
Don't get me wrong I think this ammo is gimmicky as heck but this isn't 100% true. Three things stop an attacker, pain, blood loss, and trauma to the central nervous system. All those little pieces of metal travelling through a human body would cause more blood loss than a single wound channel. For stopping the central nervous system it looks like it would make a shot to the head just like any other round.

I personally carry Hydra-shok in my 45 ACP and Speed gold dots for my .380.

You might want to do more research on one shot stopping data and the proven way to attain that.

Good choice in ammo. I also use gold dot but in 9mm.

There is lots of information compiled by FBI and a doctor out of Chicago that sheds a lot of light on what's the best pistol round to neutralize a threat.
 
You might want to do more research on one shot stopping data and the proven way to attain that.

Good choice in ammo. I also use gold dot but in 9mm.

There is lots of information compiled by FBI and a doctor out of Chicago that sheds a lot of light on what's the best pistol round to neutralize a threat.

If you truly study effective handgun use you know that the "one shot stop" is pretty much a fable. Here is the conclusion to the 1989 handgun study performed by the FBI.
CONCLUSIONS
Physiologically, no caliber or bullet is certain to incapacitate any individual unless the brain is hit.
Psychologically, some individuals can be incapacitated by minor or small caliber wounds. Those
individuals who are stimulated by fear, adrenaline, drugs, alcohol, and/or sheer will and survival
determination may not be incapacitated even if mortally wounded.
The will to survive and to fight despite horrific damage to the body is commonplace on the battlefield,
and on the street. Barring a hit to the brain, the only way to force incapacitation is to cause sufficient
blood loss that the subject can no longer function, and that takes time. Even if the heart is instantly
destroyed, there is sufficient oxygen in the brain to support full and complete voluntary action for 10-15
seconds.
Kinetic energy does not wound. Temporary cavity does not wound. The much discussed "shock" of
bullet impact is a fable and "knock down" power is a myth. The critical element is penetration. The
bullet must pass through the large, blood bearing organs and be of sufficient diameter to promote rapid
bleeding. Penetration less than 12 inches is too little, and, in the words of two of the participants in the
1987 Wound Ballistics Workshop, "too little penetration will get you killed." Given desirable and
reliable penetration, the only way to increase bullet effectiveness is to increase the severity of the
wound by increasing the size of hole made by the bullet. Any bullet which will not penetrate through
vital organs from less than optimal angles is not acceptable. Of those that will penetrate, the edge is
always with the bigger bullet.

As I put from the ballistic tests shown the R.I.P. ammo would cause many small wound channels and one large one. Instead of getting one chance to nick or hit vital arteries or veins you get nine chances (the main body and the eight petals). This is in concept, in reality I can agree that this specific ammo using this specific idea won't work nearly as well as say Speer Gold Dots which have a long history or reliability in expansion, function, and penetration.
 
Very good point. There are some stunning instances of gun fights studied by the FBI and other LE showing how people can continue to fight even after being hit many many times. The most important thing by far is shot placement. Like stated, even mortal wounds may not stop someone from fighting for seconds or minutes after they're hit until they succumb.

Pistols are not optimal man stoppers, in all the common carry calibers. Sure there's something to be said about being hit with a 500 magnum but for your 380/9/40/45/38 it's all about shot placement.

I also carry Speer Gold Dots by the way. I find them to be very accurate and I know they preform well. HST is great too.
 
Regardless of the potential 'downrange effectiveness' of the design, at $45 for 20: I'd have to spend a big chunk of change before I'd run enough through a gun to call any ammo 'reliable' and 'accurate'....Let alone something that I'd stick in a self defence piece.

A less 'superior' round that costs half as much I'm going to shoot twice as much, and know to a cast iron certainty that it's going to cycle and hit the target if I've shot 5 or 500.
 
That stuff is garbage...Way too light as the pieces break-off...Very poor penetration, and very little impact force.

I'll stick with the +P Underwood 230 grain Gold Dot in my Glock 21-2.

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Lol.
Bottom line; the Black Talon concept is still around under a new name not tainted by bad press.
(Notice there is no question mark).

The concept as in....hollow points?

Just because a bullet looks the same on the outside doesn't mean they're the same on the inside or constructed the same.
 
The concept as in....hollow points?

Just because a bullet looks the same on the outside doesn't mean they're the same on the inside or constructed the same.
Stop....just stop.

You are digging an even bigger hole for yourself - its embarrassing.

The design and experiences of the Black Talon was carried over into the Ranger/STX line of ammo.
 
Stop....just stop.

You are digging an even bigger hole for yourself - its embarrassing.

The design and experiences of the Black Talon was carried over into the Ranger/STX line of ammo.

What hole am I exactly digging here? You're the one not recognizing that a bullet can change and evolve. Just because they look the same doesn't mean they are. When did the Black Talon come out? Early 90s? So in the almost 30 years since the creation of that bullet you're saying that no technological advances have been made in bullet construction or expansion

Was the Black Talon the original? Yes. But the Ranger and PDX evolved from it, it's not the same rebranded bullet.
 
I would not want to be on the stand while a jury is looking at those pictures and being told they're called "R.I.P.". We live in a society that gets all up in arms about a rifle that shoots a varmint round just because it has a pistol grip, what do you think they'll make of that?
I'd rather be judged by twelve , than carried by six. ;) :D
 
In the end, it doesn't really matter what kind of bullet it is, if it hits a vital organ you're done. I knew two people who died from a gunshot from a small caliber round in the chest that was a full metal jacket. One was a .25acp, and the other was a .380. Both were hit once, and both dropped right there and died.

Remember one things folks, it's always all about the money. They can jack up the price of a box of ammo with a fancy shaped bullet and a lot of hype and charge three times the price. But the old full jacket .45 acp is still working just fine.

If you hit the vital area, then the target will be down. Miss with a .50 and nothing is going to happen.
 
That stuff is garbage...Way too light as the pieces break-off...Very poor penetration, and very little impact force.

I'll stick with the +P Underwood 230 grain Gold Dot in my Glock 21-2.

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I believe this round was designed for maximum shock with minimum penetration. It's not a round that would possibly pass thru walls to injure an unintended target.
 
What hole am I exactly digging here? You're the one not recognizing that a bullet can change and evolve. Just because they look the same doesn't mean they are. When did the Black Talon come out? Early 90s? So in the almost 30 years since the creation of that bullet you're saying that no technological advances have been made in bullet construction or expansion

Was the Black Talon the original? Yes. But the Ranger and PDX evolved from it, it's not the same rebranded bullet.
Ohh, dear ...
 
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