Novx 9mm luger +p arx®
10canyon53
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I know this is still new, but does anybody have experience with this? One of the main things that interests me is the reduced weight. My wife complains about how heavy her purse is with her Shield and two spare magazines. Anything I can do to remove an excuse for her to not carry.......
http://www.novxammo.com/cartridges/#product1
http://www.novxammo.com/cartridges/#product1
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If this gets her to carry then it's worth it.
Maybe, reduce the weight by only requiring the Shield and one reload. Beats a pointy stick.
Not sure I buy the hype, and can't say I'd be willing to swap my carry ammo for them. The may be the best thing going.... but just can't convince myself to trust my life, health, and well being to them.
I bought that box of Ruger ARX ammo today and took it to the field with 2 half gal milk jugs and filled them with water at the creek.
I was using a Blackhawk.
Ammo shot to POA which was a pleasant surprise since it is 118 gr bullets and billed at 1307 fps. The jugs made a big slash when hit and flew off the section of pine log
I had them on; one jug split in half and the other was torn up badly.
There were 2 issues, one of the rnds had to be pushed hard into a chamber in the cylinder to seat all the way and when I unloaded that unfired rnd it took a lot of effort to push it back out.
The other rnds just dropped in and dropped out.
It is not dirty ammo though I only fired 2 rnds. I did not see any plastic smears in the barrel or chambers such as you can get from plastic wads
in a shotgun barrel.
I shot at 4 hardcover books taped together, the ARX penetrated two books and lodged just inside the cover of the third book; that would
be 900 pages and 5 hardcover sheets.
The ARX bullet did not deform and only slight chips were on the ridges, almost as if you could reload those bullets.
The bullet did tumble and the scoops in the bullet face did clog with paper.
I'm still wondering about yesterday, when I shot the ARX it seemed like I heard a weird scream like sound until the bullet struck something.
Could those flutes in the bullet face be causing an aerodynamic screech, kind of like the sound of a compressor stall in a jet engine?
I shot some of that ARX today with a different revolver, I did not hear the screech; so, now I wonder what it was.
I won't be buying more.
Here is a non scientific, but interesting test of some similar hand loads of the same bullet weight but lower velocity:
My Karma ran over your Dogma!
if your lady is like Clean there is something else in that purse
that weighs a bit too, like the kitchen sink.
With a 1911 and a 30-06
One box of ammo is worth it to try.
Would those same "stats" bear up the need to be armed in a school? Or a church? Ever heard the expression "expect the unexpected"?
Second, contemplate ditching the third mag. Unless you truly ARE expecting the zombie apocalypse, the most likely use of the second one is to cover loss or malfunction of the first - more of a spare tire than an auxiliary gas tank.
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
No.
Carrying a handgun is a pain in the butt, for everyone. It requires a good deal of commitment, and if the commitment is not there, she will find a reason not to carry. All you can do is try to influence her to balance the discomfort she feels with the good feeling one gets from knowing they have the option to fight effectively, in the unlikely event that it ever becomes necessary.
Just keep reminding her of this:
“Your carry gun should be comforting, not comfortable.” -- Master Trainer Clint Smith
If it's both then great you win. If not then remind her of this to avoid being a victim:
"Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight." -- Jeff Cooper
:guns:
This.
Less than once ounce weight savings will NEVER be noticed.
Zee
I put a .45 ACP round through two hams and a pelvic girdle of a ferret pig during ammo testing. The round penetrated the pig parts at 7 yards and some water jugs behind it. Kept going.
Left a pretty good hole.
I posted it here, but then Photobucket took all my pics hostage. So, you can’t see them in the thread anymore.
This has been a work in progress, and she is much more consistent than she used to be, probably just to shut me up. :roll2:
She didn't carry any spare mags until I slipped them in her purse next to her holster after the church shooting in Texas.....again, over prepared, not under prepared.
A ferret pig is deadly. They especially like existing tunnels and come up through manholes, spreading unholy terror. They especially like to attack anyone carrying baskets of corn, but will attack almost any food source.
With a 1911 and a 30-06
:rotflmao:
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and politician
In all seriousness, I am out of town on business very often....it would not help her if she got in a situation and I was carrying her mags in another state......