Multiple Impact Bullet

[Sparky]

Advanced Ballistic Concepts LLC Presents...The Multiple Impact Bullet	powered by Aeva

[Jess from VA]

You don't have to aim it, just point it.. is pretty bad advice... in any case.

This would presume there are no hostages or close standers by.  Perhaps if only one of the three outriggers hits the target, the wire causes the others to wrap around and still hit the target in the side or back.  Or does the wire snap and the others keep going off at some wild tangent, after being slung off their original trajectory?  I have no idea what level of damage the wire itself would add to the equation (other than not much, except a face strike).

As the projectile splits apart, each individual part has less weight and mass than a single large projectile, and multiple light hits would seem unlikely to do the total damage or penetrate as deeply (or have the stopping power) a single projectile would.  And this has been the rap against most other muti-projetile pistol bullets.  Though clearly you do have a better chance of hitting something. 

All those wicked shots on paper, backpacks, TVs, paper cups, etc are not representative of damage to a person or animal, they are only representative of strikes.  The strikes to the carcass did not look that impressive.

There are already buck and ball or multiple disk type bullets for handguns (though not held together with wire), and of course a wide variety of shotgun shells.

This might not be a bad idea for a snubbie or other small short bbl (carry type) pistol, but the shooter would have to be very careful of collateral damage to any good guy(s) standing close to the target.  And if the wire will (or can possibly) break, this may be a lawsuit waiting to happen.  

[RP#62]

Yes, but its great for taking out the rigging on miniture sail boats.

-RP

[Atl-Jerry]

I remember my Dad telling me about something similar in europe in WW-II, except it was buckshot in a 12 gauge load. pretty nasty.

[0leman]

I agree with Jess, in wondering about loss of mass with the three parts.  What kind of penetration would you get?  What real stopping power?  What effective distance?

Give me a pump 12 gauge with #7 shot for shooting at home.   Up close and personal it will really hurt/kill and won't go thru two walls and kill your neighbor.  The pump frees a jammed load easier than an semi-auto and sounds great when you slam a load home. 

 Of course buck shot will work also.

[old2soon]

Back in the 70s when I lived in Texas guy I ran team with had his idea of this load. He carried a sawed off double barrel 12 guage and he took small split shot fishing weights and put them on 30 Lb or such monofilament line then loaded that where the buckshot would normally go. I never saw it in use but I would like to see a slo mo of that mess while/after it was fired. Making me curious now that others have mentioned loss of mass. RIDE SAFE.