G2 R.I.P. Ammo

[Gallstones]

I don't think I'd want to use it on anything I plan on eating.
The video is a fun watch.

 

[Gallstones]

I think that brand new, untarnished live rounds are pretty like jewelry and would collect the different kinds if I had access. I would want one round for my collection, or to make a pendant out of.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

Yeah, once the "crazy" dies down a little, I mean, sheesh.... $250-$300 per box of 20 on GB , I might get a box for the collection or 'unusual' ammo.

I ain't gonna pay those kinda prices. I'll get 'em at retail or not at all.

 

[ChCx2744]

As someone already said or once mentioned:

I'd rather have a good hit with a marginal round, than a marginal hit with a good round.

These things are going to be too expensive per round for a while. While everyone else is out buying them,
I'll see Speer Gold Dots, Ranger T-Series and Federal HSTs steadily re-appearing and stock up on them.

 

[Trent]

Here's a good test on it.

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Does about what I said it would do, the same damage as a 22 hunting round and maybe a few shots from my sons high velocity pellet rifle, rolled in to one.

 

[Deaf Smith]

Got an idea...

Why not just make a bullet with 1/2 ounce of PETN?

Now that would stop attacker, drugged or not, due to them being dismembered.

Deaf

 

[Fishbed77]

It looks very effective against balloons full of butterscotch pudding.

 

[silicosys4]

So basically, 7 pages later, I get out of this thread that unless you have a fully auto glock or beretta, you would be better off with an accurate .22 handgun with a magazine loaded alternately with hp's and solids....and if you have a fully auto glock or beretta, you are better off with a fully auto .22 pistol alternating solids and hp's....

 

[YeagersClaw]

So are we actually saying the product is bad or just advertised pretentiously? 8 pages of jokes makes it seem to me like this bullet will never catch on.

 

[stressed]

^

Basically, the round has failed tremendously. Aftermarket test shows you can achieve the same goal with a couple of .22 rounds. I'm sure the owner was gritting his teeth for when the first independent test would be after release. So basically expect it to slowly disappear and go the way of other exotics.

Would I use it? In a 9mm Carbine on small game. But I definitely wouldn't be paying what they want to do so though.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

Got an idea...

Why not just make a bullet with 1/2 ounce of PETN?

Now that would stop attacker, drugged or not, due to them being dismembered.

Deaf

"PETN retains its properties in storage for longer periods than do nitroglycerin and nitrocellulose. Nevertheless, it is a sensitive compound and is easily detonated by an appropriate mechanical shock."

Source: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/454067/PETN

I like the way you're thinking...now if we could just get past the mechanical shock of launching it from a gun...

 

[MtnCreek]

.,...
Does about what I said it would do, the same damage as a 22 hunting round and maybe a few shots from my sons high velocity pellet rifle, rolled in to one.

The same damage as TWO .22's and we all know .22 + .22 = .44. So it turns a normal, everyday G18 into a .44.

 

[Robert]

Yeah, let's call this one done.