[4949shooter]

Anyone ever see this?

http://www.lapolicegear.com/drt-ammunition.html

[Adamz04]

I don't remember where but I saw a review of this stuff and it performed like a fmj and never did the things they claimed. Maybe this is a newer/different design because I don't remember the bullet weights being that light.

I'm pretty sceptical though

[4949shooter]

Originally Posted by Adamz04

I'm pretty sceptical though

Lol yeah me too..

[PghJim]

I understand that this may be the first frangable ammo to actually work in soft targets, at least in certain rifle rounds. I know they have a lot of patents and to have survived, someone is buying it. Still may be too experimental to trust your life on.

[avenues165]

If someone wants to use these, that is their choice. I prefer a JHP, middle weight to heavy for caliber, depending on the cartridge.

To each his own, but this stuff is not for me.

[Tiro Fijo]

Originally Posted by Adamz04

I don't remember where but I saw a review of this stuff and it performed like a fmj and never did the things they claimed...

I'd bet you're thinking of another co. Probably these guys:

http://www.rbcd.net/



DRT hooked up with Corbon last year and with Corbon's great R&D I'd like to think they really researched this one well.

[RyanNREMTP]

I'm used to DRT meaning something else.

[4949shooter]

Originally Posted by RyanNREMTP

I'm used to DRT meaning something else.

I thought the same.

[fastbolt]

Saw the same ad.

There is no way in the world I'd ever want that box of ammunition to be presented in a court proceeding. Not with the picture on the packaging. Gimme a break.

Then there's the play on the acronym "DRT". A coincidence, right? Really?

What part of the market demographics for ammunition sales are they marketing to, using that packaging, anyway?

[Adamz04]

I'm not following the DRT reference here. What did you think it stood for?

[Merkavaboy]

Originally Posted by Adamz04

I'm not following the DRT reference here. What did you think it stood for?

DRT= Dead Right There.

[4949shooter]

Originally Posted by fastbolt

Saw the same ad.

There is no way in the world I'd ever want that box of ammunition to be presented in a court proceeding. Not with the picture on the packaging. Gimme a break.

Then there's the play on the acronym "DRT". A coincidence, right? Really?

What part of the market demographics for ammunition sales are they marketing to, using that packaging, anyway?

I didn't notice the packaging until you pointed it out. It almost looks like "gimmick" marketing, like the Hornady Zombiemax.

Funny, this ammo is being sold by a police supply company. What people won't do to try and make a buck...

[pisc1024]

http://m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=57072

A pretty good write up on frangible ammo for duty use.

[4949shooter]

Originally Posted by pisc1024

http://m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=57072

A pretty good write up on frangible ammo for duty use.

Interesting read...thanks.

[Paul53]

Originally Posted by RyanNREMTP

I'm used to DRT meaning something else.

Me too. Subliminal advertising maybe?

[RyanNREMTP]

Or coincidence. Publicly they would say it was one.

[spcwes]

Seems to me the Rbcd stuff was never designed as a frang ammo even though it did on soft tissue or targets. If I remember correctly this ammo was almost like AP ammo on hard targets like bullet resistant glass and doors but would come apart on sheetrock or tissue.

I want to say there was like an hour long youtube video done years ago by a 3rd party company that ran it on all sorts of armor and it was pretty impressive on what it could do but never showed testing on like gel, only clay.

[4949shooter]

Sounds like a viable option for home defense in urban or suburban scenerios, if we want to keep penetration and ricochet to a minimum.

I dont know how it would perform on tissue though.