Name this ammo

[Bigtanker]

Reading my American Handgunner magazine and came across these 45 acp rounds in a picture of a 1911 and I didn't reconize them. What are they? I don't plan on carrying them or anything like that but just want to know.

I've searched Google for a bit with no luck.

 

[Bigtanker]

Found the article online and left a comment.

 

[jagee]

[h=2]Name this ammo[/h]

Fred.

 

[Bigtanker]

Fred.

I'd expect nothing less from you!!

 

[jagee]

[video=youtube_share;iS2rJbg1L5k]http://youtu.be/iS2rJbg1L5k?t=76[/video]

 

[Bigtanker]

Classic.

 

[sig-man]

Gorilla ammo?
And it runs about $2 per round!

 

[BGDave]

You the man sig-mag. I was really interested in the answer. My google-fo failed me.

 

[Bigtanker]

Gorilla ammo?
And it runs about $2 per round!

Thanks sig-man. I looked some more today with no luck.

 

[Bigtanker]

Looks like they have 2 bullet designs. A F.B.I. load and a self defense load. The self defense load looks a lot like the solid copper Grizzly that expands a lot. The FBI load (the one pictured above) is made to penetrate 18".

 

[Leadeye]

Haven't seen that solid copper stuff since the French Arcane ammo of the 80s. Loaded VERY warm.

 

[sig-man]

It looks interesting, but the price definitely excludes it for me. As long as I can get HSTs for $0.60 a round don't plan on dropping $40 for 20 rounds of gorilla glamour.

 

[Dean C.]

I will leave this here, **** runs like a freight train these solid copper projectiles are no joke, been getting really good results with my backyard science experiments. Need to put my biochem degree to good use and cook up some ballistic gel

 

[sheepdog697]

Very interesting,..

Dean can you attest to the 18"claim?

 

[Dean C.]

Very interesting,..

Dean can you attest to the 18"claim?

Again been doing just some basic "backyard science" but out of a 5-inch Government Model 1911 both the Standard Pressure HST and Gorilla 45 FBI load will go through approximately 4 full milk jugs and penetrate the fifth just resting inside the jug. The jugs had 4 layers of jean denim on the front as well to mimic FBI standards. The milk jugs were roughly ~5.5 inches across for a total distance of ~22 inches of water filled milk jugs penetrated.

I have not had the opportunity to cook up some ballistic gel as of yet but that is definitely something I want to do as I am considering switching my carry ammo over to Silverback as the results I am getting from the FBI load have been impressive. The round will go through just about anything and retain 100% weight its really cool to see. I shot it through a heavy 2 inch walled cinder block to see what would happen the Silverback punched through (no expansion the hollow point was full of concrete) while the HST basically disintegrated (I assume that is what happened as I could not recover any bullet fragments).

 

[Nojoy621]

Found this a YouTube...I suck at adding video, but it looks like they have some other calibers as well.

https://youtu.be/dC1ANxPe034

 

[Bigtanker]

Found this a YouTube...I suck at adding video, but it looks like they have some other calibers as well.

http://youtu.be/dC1ANxPe034

[video=youtube_share;dC1ANxPe034]http://youtu.be/dC1ANxPe034[/video]

 

[AmmoManAaron]

Haven't seen that solid copper stuff since the French Arcane ammo of the 80s. Loaded VERY warm.

FYI - I'm looking for some of that for my ammo collection if you or anyone else finds any

 

[Leadeye]

FYI - I'm looking for some of that for my ammo collection if you or anyone else finds any

One of the many things I wish I had kept from the 80s.