Anyone know anything about this round? A buddy has a chance to scoop some up.
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Anyone know anything about this round? A buddy has a chance to scoop some up.
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
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Semi auto functional subsonic maybe?
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Could be.Originally Posted by FightinQ
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
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What kind of bullet is it? solid Cu? OTM? I didnt know Barnes made a 87gr projectile, the only .224 Ive seen that goes that heavy is their 85gr match burners.
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No idea. Supposed to be some sort of military load for... "special warefare"
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
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So it fell off of some truck. Hah.
Let me know by private message if any of that M855A1 or 955 falls off any more trucks too, asking for a friend up here in Yavapai.
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Back in the ‘90s Powell River Labs had an 87gn powdered tungsten core bullet that had a really high BC. The Tier 1 snipers used them because they were frangible for hostage recovery. I got to test a small batch.
PRL went out of business awhile ago so maybe JSOC requested somebody make something similar.
Barnes makes the RRLP bullet so this could be similar but with powdered tungsten. I believe the PRL bullet was about the same length as a 69gn SMK.
Last edited by sniperfrog; 06-24-20 at 18:59.
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Yeah. I've loaded and shot hundreds of those for closer steel practice. I'm thinking these are something different.
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
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it might be, 87gr is a very specific weight that no other bullet has other than the PRL projectile.
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Last edited by gaijin; 06-25-20 at 06:07.
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