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This is the last bullet you’ll ever need — watch and see the technology for yourself
RARE ^ | 04 June 2014 | Brandon Morse

Posted on 06/08/2014 4:50:58 PM PDT by maddog55

The standard for anti-personnel bullets since time immemorial has always been the hollow point. It mushrooms out on impact, giving the bullet a much larger profile and stopping it inside the target. Unlike the full-metal jacket, which is designed to wound, it will more than likely not pass through what you’re aiming at.

However, since we started using weapons, humans have never stuck with the “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” philosophy and the bullet is not exempt. This newest anti-personnel round not only replaces the hollow point bullet, it also makes it look like a sissy.

Meet the RIP round from G2 Research. Not only does this bullet look scary, it does scary things. It was intended to be used for gun-toting women against would-be attackers, and it’s guaranteed to kill anyone dumb enough to assault anyone who has this in the chamber.

G2 calls it “the last round you will ever need” and describes its effects as “radically invasive.” As you’ll see in the video, the bullet doesn’t just stay in one piece upon entering it’s target. The round uses its forward momentum to send the edges of the bullet ripping apart into your attacker. This not only puts a round into the target, it also sends shrapnel into various parts of the body as well, effectively destroying vital organs.

Video at the link..


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KEYWORDS: ammo; ammunition; banglist; hollowpoint; ripround
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To: maddog55

In the war with Mexico in 1846-47, the United States lodged a formal protest in the International Court, because Mexican troops used copper bullets. Copper ammunition was considered poisonous, because it would react with body fluids and form poisonous compounds. A wound could kill you in a few months and make you sick for a long time before it finally did you in.


41 posted on 06/08/2014 6:34:39 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Unarmed people cannot defend themselves. America is no longer a Free Country.)
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To: themidnightskulker; maddog55; jameslalor
I watched their video, which I probably ought to have done before offering an opinion. Quite impressive. If you haven't already, take a look.

However, they did not address an issue I think might be important. That is, if the target has a any kind of harder shell, how well will this bullet penetrate and break up?

Also driving the bullet faster might make this projectile work less well. Intriguing. Perhaps they'll try it, patents permitting, with a soft ballistic tip. That might make it feed better in an automatic. Those jagged edges scare me.

But in the .38, .357, or .44 revolvers you mentioned, it should chamber just fine.

42 posted on 06/08/2014 6:37:42 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk ( A disbarred gay Muslim lawyer from Kenya as POTUS? Sure! What could go wrong?)
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To: maddog55
In 9mm this ammo is basically crap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psGFPRpWZ3w

43 posted on 06/08/2014 6:41:06 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: maddog55

Reminds me of the Extreme Shock “Fang Face” round. Google it. Naaaaasty. Which is exactly why I purchased a bunch of it.


44 posted on 06/08/2014 6:43:38 PM PDT by 60Gunner (Fight with your head high, or grovel with your head low.)
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To: maddog55

If looks could kill. The latest greatest until it meets the real world. Can we say shot placement?


45 posted on 06/08/2014 7:23:51 PM PDT by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects)
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To: Yo-Yo

I’ll stick with Gold Dots.


46 posted on 06/08/2014 7:26:19 PM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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To: maddog55

Is there something special about this? The same round (RIP) was being sold several years ago, when I was in college. Remember watching some youtube video on it.


47 posted on 06/08/2014 7:30:37 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: jameslalor
Dumb hype for a poorly designed projectile.

I'm not a fan, either. The primary kill mechanism for a good bullet is blood loss - primarily through the exit wound left by an expanded round. The best round would mushroom to the largest practical diameter, but not shed any parts to carry off energy that should be used by the bullet for better penetration. The only limit is that you don't want to waste a lot of energy on the far scenery so rounds like .357 actually over-penetrate.

The Evans and Sarnow data pretty much showed that any modern round has about a 60-65% probability of one-shot stops with full-metal-jacket rounds, and an 85-90% probability of one-shot-stops with well-designed expanding rounds. That includes 9mm through .45ACP. It also includes .357Magnum, which doesn't do any better because it wastes too much energy on the far scenery - adding to the risk that some innocent bystander will get hurt.

So I'll stick with a well-designed expanding bullet, and I prefer 9mm because there isn't a significant difference in the Evans and Sarnow data between that and the competitors (.40, .45) and I like the extra rounds I can get in the same overall size pistol.

On the other hand, the only way I'd ever have a one-shot stop on someone is if he fell so fast the other 8 or 9 went over his head.
48 posted on 06/08/2014 7:58:35 PM PDT by Phlyer
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To: Lurker

“96 grains in what caliber?”

Initial rounds are 9mm, but they have plans for .380 (9mm short), 40 S&W, and .45 ACP, before they move on to rifle ammunition.


49 posted on 06/08/2014 8:18:15 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: IndispensableDestiny

Speer Gold Dots or Winchester Rangers are my carry loads.

I find it amusing that all Winchester needed to do was re-name the scary-sounding Black Talon to the innocuous-sounding Ranger and all is well. Don’t tell the hoplophobes that the Rangers are “product improved” compared to the BT’s. There are some seriously impressive You Tube jello shoots with .45 ACP 230gr Rangers.


50 posted on 06/08/2014 8:30:13 PM PDT by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED.)
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To: IndispensableDestiny

Hornady Critical defense. This round sounds optimal if your opponent is naked.


51 posted on 06/08/2014 9:04:30 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Kenny Bunk

Well, “impressive” is kind of the point of an advertisement now isn’t it?

Here’s a video of a third party testing the RIP ammo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psGFPRpWZ3w

The good part is right about 2 minutes, bit of showmanship framing the results leading up to it. Stick with it enough to see what rounds he used to emulate the performance of the RIP ammunition.

Suffice it to say, without spoilers, that the RIP ammo is something that actually makes a 9mm LESS effective, not more.


52 posted on 06/08/2014 9:05:34 PM PDT by jameslalor
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To: RandallFlagg

he YouTube channel Military Arms Channel did several ballistic gel tests with this bullet. Looked quite impressive.


Copper bullets are more expensive but more effective than lead ones.

This bullet looks to have excellent performance against soft and unarmored targets, but performance against armor would probably not be so good.


53 posted on 06/08/2014 9:16:30 PM PDT by rdcbn
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To: maddog55

“Lead Free”. So glad it’s Environmentally Friendly. LOL


54 posted on 06/08/2014 9:19:38 PM PDT by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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To: Mastador1

Pretty hard to conceal carry something that fires one....


55 posted on 06/08/2014 9:22:41 PM PDT by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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To: rdcbn

There was another YouTube channel that did some other tests through windshields and car doors. I can’t remember the name of the channel, though I’m sure a search will turn it up.


56 posted on 06/08/2014 9:27:42 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Uninstall Fascist Firefox. Get Pale Moon.)
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To: jameslalor

“Just looking at that I can see that it would almost certainly fail to achieve the F.B.I. minimum penetration in ballistic gelatin”

The most violently effective round known to man is the 125gr jhp in .357 Magnum, at 1450fps. It’s beyond rational dispute. It routinely goes about 10 inches deep in Ballistic gelatin and fails the FBI test.

The FBI standard is a very poor standard to use for most people. They aren’t that good at gunfighting, and they pick slugs that are tough and stay together through typical law enforcement barriers. This results in an overly tough through and through round that is little better than ball unless it encounters a barrier. But for the mugger 5 feet away, the rapist at the foot of your bed, or the turd at the ATM, FBI ammo is not the best choice in any caliber.


57 posted on 06/08/2014 10:02:41 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: Farmer Dean

There’s probably a magic number below that 3200fps at which that bullet, with imparted spin, will fly apart after leaving the barrel.


58 posted on 06/08/2014 10:03:21 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: jameslalor

RIP ammo is idiotic. But please don’t tout FBI standards as some sort of unassailable benchmark for defensive ammo. At the most charitable, their standard is for a very unique condition set that is not duplicated by the CCW shooter.

The FBI and Facklerites gave us the Winchester 147 subsonic. It STILL meets FBI standards. It is also second only to the 38 200gr round nose lead as the most notorious failure in police service.


59 posted on 06/08/2014 10:13:56 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: drunknsage

Very interesting tech.

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Only crushed glass in the 12 gauge is maybe more interesting. (Close work).

A surgeon of my acquaintance convinced me to stock/carry the Black Talon. Black Talon are less likely than most hollowed points to ‘choke’ on down jackets, nylon, and denim.

Hard to stockpile now though...... $85.00 per box in .357 at a recent gun show. Managed 19 boxes at $12.50 before the press attacked.


60 posted on 06/08/2014 10:34:10 PM PDT by S.O.S121.500 (Had ENOUGH Yet ? ........................ Enforce the Bill of Rights ......... It's the LAW !!!)
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