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Hey guys. Welcome back to Gun Runnerz. To we have a really special ballistic gelatin
test for ya’ll. This here is the infamous “cop killer” bullet also known as the
Black Talon. I searched for some online for quite some time, and then I found out that
my Dad has some just lying around. Today we are going to put that to the test. For those
of you that aren’t aware, the Black Talon has quite an infamous history. It began in
1991 when Winchester released the round. It was supposed to be a superior hollow point
bullet. It got some negative attention in 1993 when Colin Ferguson used the ammunition
in the Long Island Railroad Mass Shooting. He fired them out of a Ruger P89, so we have
a Ruger P89DC that we will be testing the ammunition with. From that shooting a bunch
of claims arose. Things like the Black Talon is armor piercing and that the black coating
makes the bullet more dangerous. Some even claim that its expansion aids in the killing
of people. We are going to put those to the test today. Some of the myths that evolved
from the 1993 shooting is that the ammunition is actually illegal. In fact it was not made
illegal and we have some here to disprove that myth. Next up is that the bullet can
pierce armor. To test that, we have some level IIIA body armor. For those of you that aren’t
aware, this is the same type of body armor that most police agencies use. Next up is
that this black coating on the bullet is made of Teflon. It’s actually made of an oxidized
copper jacket. During the trial, a supposed expert claimed that the six victims that died
only died because of the extra penetration and damage caused by the Black Talon round.
We are going to be putting that to the test today by filming our shooting at 120 frames
per second, slowing it down, and then comparing it with standard hollow point rounds. Let’s
get to it. Our first test is going to be the ballistic gelatin wrapped in level IIIA body
armor. Are we ready? Yup. Ok guys so we just finished our test with the ballistic vest,
the level IIIA body armor and our ballistic gelatin. The Black Talon ammunition did not
make it through the bullet proof vest. It only made it through two out of the four panels
which is standard for hollow point ammunition. We don’t see any penetration on the front
of the block. This disproves the myth that Black Talon ammunition is armor piercing.
Now let’s move on to just hitting the block with the Black Talon ammunition. OK we are
going to be shooting the ballistic gelatin from approximately five feet with the same
weapon Colin Ferguson used during the Long Island Railroad Shooting back in 1993. Alright
we are back and here is a picture of the front of the block. As you can see, we have our
two points of entry. If we swing around to the back of the block we can see that our
two exit points are significantly lower than our entrance wounds. Now since the block is
a little bit cloudy, I’m going to take it apart and cut it open. Then we will take a
look at the permanent cavities left by the Black Talon round. So I just finished cutting
open the block now let’s take a look at the permanent cavities left by the Black Talon.
I was hoping to show you guys some pretty awesome gouges in here, but unfortunately
the Black Talon did not perform up to expectations. If we look at the 4 inch mark we see maximum
expansion by both bullets, measured roughly 0.25 inches at the widest point. If you compare
that to any other handgun load we have tested, you will see just how terrible that really
is. Moving on to the second slice, we can see that both bullets continue all the way
until the 16 inch mark. Both rounds over penetrated and left the block. Unfortunately as they
did that, they left minimal damage. The permanent cavities look a lot more like something you
would see from a .22 caliber than a 9mm. If we examine the Long Island Railroad Shooting
of 1993, this test raises a few concerns. In the wake of the shooting, many gun control
advocates claimed that the reason there were so many fatalities was because of the ammunition
used. They claimed that the design of the round allowed for potentially non life threatening
wounds to turn into death dealing blows. Today’s testing proves otherwise. As we can see, compared
to any other handgun ammunition we have tested, this performed by far the worst. Thanks for
joining us today guys. We dispelled some common myths about the Winchester Black Talon Ammunition.
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