drt ammo

[happysmitie]

article on it in the latest issue of combat handguns by chuck taylor .
anyone shot any of it ? can purchase direct from the factory . price is around $1 per round , give or take a bit depending on the caliber.

if you read the article and check their web site it has the capability of a great defensive round at a measurable amount of reduced recoil !

may order some of it . if the info is very close to being accurate it is only a matter of time before the secret is out & the price will increase & availability to get it will be difficult .

 

[Bigtanker]

I've never heard of it before but did a quick search.

Frangible ammo for self defense doesn't do anything for me. Stick to the proven SD loads (HST, Gold Dot etc).

There is no magic bullet. These bullets fragment away when they hit something hard. What if you do need to shoot through glass, a wall, a car door etc. The bullet ain't going to get there.

But in theroy, missing your target and having the bullet hit a wall and turn into dust instead of hurting someone on the other side of the wall sounds great.

Your choice to make.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

They aren't secret, they've been out for awhile. They market well and they may look good in clear gel testing. What they don't do well is penetrate bone. I had a child, 8 years old IIRC, accidentally shoot themselves in the forearm with a CZ polymer pistol found under the couch. The gun was loaded with those light weight fragmenting rounds. The child shot herself in her left forearm. The bullet struck one of the forearm bones (radius or ulna, I don't recall which) and stopped. It made a very messy, and VERY shallow, injury. If it won't get through a little girl's arm at near contact distance, I'm going to figure it won't go through a grown man's ribs, either.

Heavy for caliber bonded hollowpoints. Proven in FBI testing, proven in the streets...and many are cheaper than the BS rounds.

 

[sparky32]

Hst and Gold Dots are just about the best that is out there along with a couple others. There is so much info on the web on this subject matter. With all the data I've read and seen these are all I will carry. Save yourself money and use something proven rather than ammo such as this. I would not carry that in any of my SD firearms.

 

[Sagamore - One]

I did a series of tests on the DRT ammo which is NOT sealed on the primer annulus and found it was easily made inert with common gun lubricants (oil and Break Free).
Stick with Gold Dots , Federal HST, or Hydra Shocks which are sealed. In Gold Dots we trust!

 

[Mgderf]

I saw these marketed years ago as well.
They were being touted as being "proven in a big sand-box" to stop an aggressor in his/her tracks.
They even nick-named it "Dead Right There", but many sources questioned those claims and they seemed to disappear.

I don't really know a lot about them, other than the fact that they are not new.
I have no first-hand experience with them.
YMMV

 

[happysmitie]

thanks for the info . i load my carry & house guns in 357 & 9mm with gold dots or mag safe rounds . have always liked 230 gr hydra socks in 45 cal. the hew ammerican gunner defense ammo is a good bet also . i may be mistaken , but i thought the drt web site touched on the penitration issue , car windshields etc.

 

[Tactically Fat]

Did you know that not even the Federal Air Marshals carry frangible ammunition?

Lots of folks seems to believe that they do, for some reason. Probably because airplanes.

Anyhow - they carry Sigs (229 and/or 239) stoked with Speer Gold Dots.

NO ONE should carry those stupid gimmick rounds for any kind of serious self-defense.

 

[possum_128]

Got a lot of it at Martinsville Rural King, please come and buy some or all of it, did I say please?

 

[Tactically Fat]

Got a lot of it at Martinsville Rural King, please come and buy some or all of it, did I say please?

I'm surprised it's stayed on the shelves. Probably priced high?

 

[possum_128]

I'm surprised it's stayed on the shelves. Probably priced high?

Nope, not there now and most don't care for it so been a while sense I sold any so I'm not sure of price but it's not high.

 

[Tactically Fat]

Nope, not there now and most don't care for it so been a while sense I sold any so I'm not sure of price but it's not high.

I'm surprised all those hillbillies down that away didn't clear the shelves of it. ;-)

 

[possum_128]

I'm surprised all those hillbillies down that away didn't clear the shelves of it. ;-)

Most of us "hillbillies" know good ammo. Can't say the same for you lowlanders though.

 

[Tactically Fat]

Most of us "hillbillies" know good ammo. Can't say the same for you lowlanders though.

I live on a high spot! A high spot, I say! Just shy of 800ft!

(FYI, that same map shows that the Martinsville R.K. store is at around 610 ft elevation...)

 

[possum_128]

I live on a high spot! A high spot, I say! Just shy of 800ft!

(FYI, that same map shows that the Martinsville R.K. store is at around 610 ft elevation...)

The store in in the lowlands, us smart folks live in the mountains of Morgan County.