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meh......go with remington golden sabres, they spin when you shoot em'
They all spin when you shoot them
HST! Bigger, sharper, and cheaper.
Take care
LoL
Gold Dot or HST? Neither!
Ranger T for me...Why? Big expansion, sharpest of all, same price as GD + HST
Ranger Talon adds an additional wounding mechanism: cutting.
When Ranger Talon expands, its copper jacket peels back to form six sharp claws. These claws protrude outward just slightly beyond the smooth outer edges of the mushroom-shaped lead core shoulder.
Upon impact with flesh Ranger Talon performs identical to conventional hollowpoint bullets. However, as it penetrates and slows it does not suffer a decrease in effective bullet diameter. This is because tissue that stretches and flows around the smooth shoulder of the mushroom-shaped lead core comes into contact with the sharp copper jacket claws and is lacerated.
These lacerations contribute little to overall wound severity.
However, if Ranger Talon happens to pass very close to a major cardiovascular structure, instead of merely shoving it aside as it passes by, one of the six claws might be in position to cut the wall of this structure to cause profuse bleeding.
This additional cutting mechanism gives Ranger Talon the potential to be approximately 3% to 5% more effective than other expanding bullets of the same caliber. In one out of every 20-30 shootings, Ranger Talon might make a difference.
This very slight advantage could be just enough to save the life of a police officer [or civvie!] who has to shoot a psychotic, enraged or chemically intoxicated attacker who is oblivious to being shot
http://www.firearmstactical.com/briefs2.htm#Black-Talon
fwiw - Golden Sabers lose their jackets at the end, or towards the end of bullet travel. I still use 'em..