Thank you very much for the info. Fascinating stuff, indeed.I did not have any FTF that I can remember with my rifle. I did not mod my mags, but then again I don't load to 30, I was trained 28 is the max you load due to less of a chance of a double-feed that way. The AR platform is already finicky from time to time so there's no reason to make it worse right?We were only firing at close range with this particular round, 25 yards or less into ballistic gelatin so we could see that even in CQB the projectile doesn't penetrate any further. The science and ballistics are there whether it's 15 feet or 300 meters. The testing I took part in basically took on the FBI ballistic testing that all law enforcement agencies go by when selecting their rounds. There's no way for a round to perform "better" or "above" those standards. They either meet them or they don't. Now the interesting part was how much weight their rounds kept after each stage of the test. It was better than the current "gold" standard of rounds that we carry on-duty which obviously effects the wound cavity which is only as important as shot placement.
I have not fired one yet (not sure I'd want to, that's a big bastard) but did find a very informative article on it here: http://www.shootingtimes.com/2011/01/03/handgun_reviews_rgrrh/ The cool thing about the one in .454 is that it will also accept .45 ACP so your range time will be less expensive. Let us know if you decide to get this, that looks like a very cool (and potentially painful to whomever pulls the trigger) gun.Anyone know much about the Super Redhawk Alaskans? I think they are kind of badass and kind of wanted one. The guy at Scheel's told me it would be about an eight month wait to get one.
So, my question is. Let's say your in a house, some jack a$$ has a gun pointed at your partner, the jack a$$'s wife and kids are behind him. You have a clean shot to take him out. Do you trust that this round isn't going to go through him and hit his wife or kids?I did not have any FTF that I can remember with my rifle. I did not mod my mags, but then again I don't load to 30, I was trained 28 is the max you load due to less of a chance of a double-feed that way. The AR platform is already finicky from time to time so there's no reason to make it worse right?We were only firing at close range with this particular round, 25 yards or less into ballistic gelatin so we could see that even in CQB the projectile doesn't penetrate any further. The science and ballistics are there whether it's 15 feet or 300 meters. The testing I took part in basically took on the FBI ballistic testing that all law enforcement agencies go by when selecting their rounds. There's no way for a round to perform "better" or "above" those standards. They either meet them or they don't. Now the interesting part was how much weight their rounds kept after each stage of the test. It was better than the current "gold" standard of rounds that we carry on-duty which obviously effects the wound cavity which is only as important as shot placement.
Well, that is what training is supposed to do. If I had an intruder in my house, my mind would be going a gazzilion miles an hour, my heart rate would be about 250 and I would be hyperventilating. So, in other words, I have no clue where my bullet would end up.
What you're saying is completely true about the heart rate and such, that does come into play in these situations. There are studies out there that trained police officers that shoot in the high 90% range regress down to 30 to 40% range due to heart rate being raised and this affecting their ability to shoot accurately. Tunnel vision, auditory exclusion, heart rate, adrenaline, etc is hard to train to deal with. I've been shot at, it frigging sucks big time and I thought everything they told you in the academy was BS until you have rounds flying past your head. You become a believer real quick!
