John Ervin at BrassFetcher sent me this video of his testing the RIP 9mm. It looks impressive initially, but then consider that the petals only penetrate 4 - 5", and the 'core' only makes it to 12". In 10% ballistic gel that is just barely to the FBI minimum penetration standard:
[youtu_be]http://youtu.be/hWdqsDm79Wc[/youtu_be]
So, no thanks, I'll pass. Thoughts?
(Full disclosure: John's a friend, and we have worked together on some ballistic projects.)
Jim
Gel tests of the RIP 9mm
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