Radar Chief |
02-18-2010 12:24 PM |
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Originally Posted by Lzen
(Post 6541549)
What are safety slugs? I mean, the name sounds obvious, but I have never heard of or seen these. What are the benefits?
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IIRC Denver Chief was the first to bring them up here.
What they are is a bullet made of shot suspended in a gel that is encased in a copper jacket. The copper jacket holds the shot and gel in a bullet shape while in flight until it impacts something solid. Then it sheds the outer jacket and releases the shot and gel into the target. Because of this it transfers all of its energy into the target instead of over penetrating and just poking a hole in it. Which means it has loads of stopping power but is a lot less likely to blow a hole in an intruder, through the wall behind them and possibly into a loved one on the other side of the wall.
Also because the bullet is so much lighter than lead the powder charge is much smaller meaning there is considerably less recoil making it much easier to pull off additional shots should they be needed.
When I was looking in to a small .357 Magnum for my CCW it was because I planned to run Glaser Safety Bullets. Otherwise a magnum penetrates so much it would be more likely to injure a bystander and wouldn't necessarily end the situation that called for pulling and firing a CCW.
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