Brain fart at the range

[calibanman]

While shooing at the range las weekend I went to go shoot my S&W 9mm, grabbed a full mag from my range bag slapped it in and let rounds fly. As the hammer was falling on the last round I had realized that I had forgotten to unload my mag of my home defense rounds, 14 moly coated BLACK TALONS that I've had since the mid 90's b4 they banned them to civilians for being to lethal. I was saving them for a special occasion, now I have only 6 left of the 20. Not a big loss in dollar value just sentimental, they were older than my kids. At least I know the 6 remaining will go bang!

[SarcoBlaster]

Black Talon's were never banned... discontinued, yes.

[CSACANNONEER]

You can still buy old stock BTs or new Winchester Rangers if you want to replace them.

[Sam]

Banned because they were too lethal...if you say so...

[calibanman]

Ok I stand corrected, they were made unavailable/discontinued not banned.

[Turo]

I know how you feel OP, I've almost done the same thing and it pains me even to think of that.

[loudninja]

Ranger Same Xact Thing. only difference is the black moly coating. If anything, the newer generation JHPs should be better.

[n556]

That's a bummer!

I keep mine in the box.

[n556]

" I'm the only one Professional enough on this Forum to hold onto Black Talons "

[elSquid]

http://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=19887

-- Bullet designs like the Silver Tip, Hydra-Shok, and Black Talon were state of the art 15 or 20 years ago. These older bullets tend to plug up and act like FMJ projectiles when shot through heavy clothing; they also often have significant degradation in terminal performance after first passing through intermediate barriers. Modern ammunition which has been designed for robust expansion against clothing and intermediate barriers is significantly superior to the older designs. The bullets in the Federal Classic and Hydrashok line are outperformed by other ATK products such as the Federal Tactical and HST, as well as the Speer Gold Dot; likewise Winchester Ranger Talons are far superior to the old Black Talons or civilian SXT's.

You may as well fire the rest off and buy some new ammo. Or keep them as "collectibles".

-- Michael

[zeb]

At least you know they'll feed without malfunctioning!

[Sonic_mike]

Glad you didn't shoot your self. I lave seen a lot of them threads lately.

[bombadillo]

I did that with my HD ranger sxt ammo not too long ago. I yanked out the mags and proceeded to shoot what was in them when I got there. Oh well, just a few bucks.

[HowardW56]

I do that regularly... Cycle that old ammo and reload with fresh stuff...

[randy]

If you want to replace your BT's let me know, I've got a few boxes for sale.