smokey
2A TEACHER
- Jan 31, 2008
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Not that I am endorsing them for general purpose SD use , but they can have s specialized purpose.
MagSafe .38Spl +P+ fired into bedroom wall, round .38 cal hole , nothing came thru the drywall on the other side , no bulging or bumps either. Did leave my ears ringing for several hours.
The early generation Glasers used #11/#12 shot , and indeed have very shallow penetration, ie 3-4 inches.
Then back in the '80s , the late Mr. Joe Zambone decided to improve on the concept. Among other things he used larger sized shot, initially #6 , eventually #2 and #4 . Penetration with the larger sizes now runs 8-10in . While still less than many prefer for general purpose duty loads , it is in the same range as several succuessful fast expanding JHP old school loads.
Feeling the competion from MagSafe , Glaser created their "Silver" product line , using compressed #6 .
As a class , all the commercial pre-fragmented will have non-penetration of interior walls. For effectiveness on BG's my recomendations are : 1. Standard MagSafe ( not SWAT) 2. Glaser Silver 3. Glaser Blue .
They are expensive. They will hit low. You need to test them in your gun for POI . Some will hit within 2in at across the room distances , some 4 or 5 inches.
...plus, in other tests drywall pinched the nose of the glaser-type bullets closed in a way that led to MORE penetration after drywall than in bare gel. In all tests where the bullets performed as designed, they grossly underpenetrated.
for example...
there's also this...
http://www.theboxotruth.com/the-box-o-truth-23-extremeshock-ammo-and-the-box-o-truth/
and this, which shows a guy shot in the tricep with a glaser round...roughed up his tricep, but didn't break his humerus or cause any damage to his torso because of the terrible penetration characteristics.
http://www.firearmsid.com/Feature Articles/102000/JohannesburgTraumaUnit.htm