JS>VH>When I was in the Army, I was tasked to evaluate adopting "teflon
JS>VH>coated" ammo to penetrate enemy soft armor.  I got two reports -- one
JS>VH>from the Justice Department, and the other from the Treasury Department
JS>VH>-- on teflon coated ammo.  They concluded teflon ammo does NOT enhance
JS>VH>the ability to penetrate a vest.
JS>Right, from what I hear:  The teflon, and nylon coating in Federal's
JS>Nyclad bullets, is to provide barrel lubrication, not terminal
JS>performance.
Yup -- of course Chuckie Shumer has a different opinion.
JS>VH>stopping there.  The skin wasn't broken, but the bullet -- wrapped in
JS>VH>kevlar -- was INSIDE the ribs.  They had to cut the vest, leaving a
JS>VH>ragged swatch of fabric sticking out from between the ribs, then break
JS>VH>the ribs to get the bullet out.
JS>Ouch.  Twice.
JS>VH>makes no difference.  To penetrate a kevlar vest, you need velocity.
JS>Or a cone shaped bullet, in order to put the most pressure on the
JS>smallest point possible.  Velocity (energy) helps, but even a SWC bullet
JS>at twice the speed of a narrow cone shaped bullet is going to place a
JS>much lower PSI on the material.
A cone won't do it -- it has to shoulder too much material aside.  But a
tubular bullet, with the edge sharpened a la the Cyclone (tm) will.
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