jkh@ucbjade.BERKELEY.EDU (Jordan K. Hubbard) (02/23/86)
Article: 2:5 The Glaser Safety Slug is a relatively thin copper cup which is loaded with lead shot and capped with plastic. It travels to the target intact and falls apart on entry. Due to the rapid and complete disintigration ALL of the kinetic energy of the bullet is transfered to the target causing extreem damage. I have fired 45ACP Glasers at 1 gallon water jugs and in no case did the slug exit. The hydrostatic show was incredible. This is the reason for the high stopping power. Because of the high tendency to fall apart when striking something, like a plaster wall for instance, the richochet propability of these bullets is very low. Hence the second type of safety. It also makes then less effective at taking out a target that is behind a wall. These bullets are very expensive, several dollars each. It would be very expensive to fire enough of them from an auto to be sure of feed reliability. I bought my six pack of them for my Colt ACP just for water jug fun. In a six shooter they come highly reccomended if your situtation does not need good penetration. But then, who knows what situtation you will be in when you need to use a handgun to protect yourself or your kin. In article <333@ucbjade.BERKELEY.EDU> you write: >Article: 2:1 > > I've just been reading about defensive ammo in the >April 1986 issue of COMBAT HANDGUNS. They say that the most >effective manstopper is the Glaser Safety Slug, but this load is >not easily obtained around here. Does anybody know how it works? >The author said that better than 90% of the people shot by these >died at the scene. Another good manstopper is the Hydro-Shok. This >round is more easily had around here but why? The article doesn't go >into how it works. > > Another interesting round is the Quadraplex bullet from >Power Plus Enterprises, Inc. P.O. Box 6070, Columbus, Ga. 31907. >In .38 special it is a 65 grain soft point in front of 2 50 grain >wadcutters. It produces 3, 5, and 10 inch patterns at distances of >7, 15, and 25 meters respectively. It's also available in .357 with >3 wadcutters. Now this sounds like a great in-home defensive load.