Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. Continued from page 36 target, when the bullet strikes, the polymer ball is forced back into the opening at the front of the bullet, in essence, guaranteeing expansion. Another popular Cor-Bon load is the DPX, which uses the Barnes all-copper hollow-point bullet. This performs extremely well in gelatin testing, including denim-clad gelatin and barrier penetration. All of the Cor-Bon rounds are approved for “civilian” sale by the manufacturer. Small “boutique” ammo companies offer high-velocity “hot loads” with high-tech bullets. These include Double Tap (www.doubletapammo.com), Buffalo Bore (www.buffalobore.com) and the aforementioned Cor-Bon (www.dakotaammo.net). While Cor-Bon promotes its DPX line to police officers, it makes it clear that the round’s “deeper penetration makes it the optimum load for law enforcement, civilian use.” Economic Relief is closer than you think. Wherever you are, the NEW online digital edition of Shooting Industry magazine is just a click away. Use the industry news and business ideas to rescue enthusiasm, jump-start co-workers and stimulate sales anytime you want. Now you can share it. www.shootingindustry.c o m you sell me something the manufacturer doesn’t want me to have?” 9 Gold Standard Ammo on’t forget that the same manufacturers who make a policy of selling certain lines to law-enforcement only, may offer similar lines that the company is happy to see sold to ordinary, law-abiding gun owners. In the Federal line, for example, while the HST and Tactical police-only series may be the new “platinum standard,” the company’s time-proven Hydra-Shok remains a “gold standard” in, say, .45 ACP caliber. Hydra-Shok .45 is standard issue for a couple of L.E. agencies where I live, and they’re perfectly happy with its performance. I’m comfortable with it, too. Winchester adamantly wants its Ranger series to stay law-enforcement only, but their “approved for civilians” SXT ammunition is very similar. I know of one agency that issues .45 ACP SXT for its service pistols, and has had two one-shot stops in a row with chest hits on criminals D armed with rifles. A few years ago, I killed a wild hog with a .45 SXT and the bullet performed as well as I would have expected a Ranger round in the same 230-grain weight to have done. It’s your business and they’re your customers. You’ve probably had these requests — demands — come up before, and if so, you’ve made your own policy to deal with it. If it hasn’t come up yet, it will, and it bears thinking about before a valued customer asks the dreaded question, “Will Plan Ahead Federal’s Hydra-Shok is “civilian legal,” yet favored by numerous L.E. departments. 39 SHOT SHOW EXTRA SUPER ISSUE 2009 • www.shootingindustry.com