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Military rounds include a "spoon-tip" loading that increases the chance of the bullet to cavitate on impact and a cheap training version with a different core material. Police rounds include a 2.5 g (39 gr) high-energy-transfer round that can penetrate CRISAT armor up to 50 m (55 yd), and a frangible round for training and situations requiring ...
Glaser Safety Slug is a frangible bullet made by Cor-Bon/Glaser, a subsidiary of Dakota Ammo, an American ammunition company formerly based in Sturgis, South Dakota. The Glaser Safety Slug was developed by Jack Canon in 1975, the same year the company was founded by Armin Glaser.
Frangible bullets may be lighter or longer than conventional bullets of the same calibre. The jacketed frangible bullet in the centre is longer than the outer soft-point bullets with traditional lead cores. Each of the three .30 calibre (7.62 mm) bullets weighs 150 grains (9.7 g) but the lower density frangible core requires greater volume.
A US Marine practices shotgun door-breaching techniques. A breaching round or slug-shot is a shotgun shell specially made for door breaching.It is typically fired at a range of 6 inches (15 cm) or less, aimed at the hinges or the area between the doorknob and lock and doorjamb, and is designed to destroy the object it hits and then disperse into a relatively harmless powder.
The U.S. Army inaugurated its new Universal Artillery Projectile Lines facility in Mesquite, Texas, on Wednesday, marking a significant step in producing more 155mm artillery and modernizing ...
Founded in Detroit, Michigan, Cor-Bon/Glaser Ammunition originated when Peter Pi Sr. started making handgun hunting ammo in 1982 because the commonly available ammunition at that time was performing poorly. [1] Pi noticed that hollow point ammunition would not expand and went about creating a line of ammunition with reliable expansion.
The 92,900 rounds of ammo confiscated almost tripled the number that U.S. Customs and ... Aug. 21—Two tour bus drivers were arrested last week after allegedly trying to smuggle 90,000 rounds of ...
Rio Ammunition manufactures shotgun shells at a factory in Marshall, Texas. This subsidiary of the Spanish explosives firm MAXAM is a member of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI). [1] MAXAM originated as Unión Española de Explosivos (UEE) in 1896, and began marketing shotgun ammunition in the United States in ...