smokey
2A TEACHER
- Jan 31, 2008
- 31,577
https://www.federalpremium.com/30supercarry.html
Looks like a new cartridge. The gist is it's a .30 cal straightwall cartridge throwing a 100 gr projectile at 1250 fps. By shrinking the diameter, it bumps magazine capacity up a couple rounds without sacrificing much terminal performance. With an hst it gets 15.5" penetration @ .530" expansion... so slightly smaller than 9mm, but nothing that would make a real world difference.
it looks like Speer, Remington and others will also be loading for it in the 115 grain range.
Federal partnered with sig and nighthawk to get a shield plus, shield ez, and nighthawk grp ready to roll out with the cartridge. They're also offering fmj practice ammo with the defensive stuff.
It seems like an interesting concept, especially out of the sig 365/shield plus sized guns. This should allow manufacturers to either stick with that form factor and get an extra 2-3 shots in a mag OR shave width off of a new design without sacrificing capacity.
So whatcha think?
Looks like a new cartridge. The gist is it's a .30 cal straightwall cartridge throwing a 100 gr projectile at 1250 fps. By shrinking the diameter, it bumps magazine capacity up a couple rounds without sacrificing much terminal performance. With an hst it gets 15.5" penetration @ .530" expansion... so slightly smaller than 9mm, but nothing that would make a real world difference.
it looks like Speer, Remington and others will also be loading for it in the 115 grain range.
Federal partnered with sig and nighthawk to get a shield plus, shield ez, and nighthawk grp ready to roll out with the cartridge. They're also offering fmj practice ammo with the defensive stuff.
It seems like an interesting concept, especially out of the sig 365/shield plus sized guns. This should allow manufacturers to either stick with that form factor and get an extra 2-3 shots in a mag OR shave width off of a new design without sacrificing capacity.
So whatcha think?