Polycase Ammunition 38 Special 77 Grains, ARX, Per 20 Md: 0038SPIARX077-001B00020P
From the way it is manufactured, to its shape to the way it transfers energy to the target. To understand the ARX, one needs to forget nearly everything they’ve been told about bullets. The non-expanding ARX is injection molded from a specially blended metal/polymer matrix that is designed to be tough enough to penetrate soft targets and tissue, but when it encounters tougher barriers it is designed to break apart to reduce the risk of collateral damage due to over penetration.
Even the heaviest clothing barriers have little to no effect on the terminal performance of the ARX bullet. The ARX penetrates straight until it encounters soft tissue. Upon entering soft tissue, the specially designed grooves in the nose harness the soft tissue and constrict, pressurize and eject it at 1.5 to 2 times the directional speed of the bullet. This is the well-known Venturi Effect. As the bullet penetrates it tumbles in a controlled, predictable fashion that delivers consistent terminal performance that rivals conventional hollow point designs.
Features :
- Revolutionary Defense Technology: From the research and development laboratory of PolyCase Ammunition, the Inceptor ARX is the next-generation of defense ammunition. Through advanced design and materials science the ARX uses fluid dynamics and non-expanding surface area instead of expansion to achieve terminal performance.
- Engineered Fluid Dynamics: By design, the enhanced surface area and design of the ARX exploit the bullet’s forward energy and redirect that energy in the form of hydraulic displacement (hydrostatic shock). This hydraulic displacement creates a wound cavity that rivals that created by expanding bullets.
- Lateral Force: The ARX bullet’s hydraulic displacement effect is achieved by the ARX technology. The ARX flutes – grooves on the nose of the bullet – have wide mouths and narrow exit points. When combined with the bullet’s forward velocity into soft tissue, the design of the ARX flutes causes an increase in pressure of the fluid. As a result, the fluid is laterally ejected from the flutes at a higher velocity than the actual speed of the bullet itself, creating the massive cavitation and wound channels seen in the ARX gelatin tests.
- Specially Engineered Profile: Because it has no hollow-point or sharp edges on the nose of the bullet, the ARX feeds like a round nose, yet retains stopping power and terminal performance that exceeds many expanding handgun bullets.
- Precise: Injection molded ARX projectiles deliver exceptional accuracy
- High Velocity: Achieves higher velocity and higher energy than many other defense cartridges, yet imparts less recoil for quicker follow up shots.
- Advanced Materials: Performs in a wide range of conditions and weapons systems, including suppressed.
Specifications :
- Caliber: 38 Special
- Quantity: 20 Cartridges
- Grains: 77 gr
The information below comes from our Gun Caliber Dictionary and is for
general reference only. It does not describe the specifications of this
particular item.
The 38 Special (38 S&W Special, 38 Colt Special) was introduced in 1902. It is essentially a slightly extended 38 Long Colt case, length 1.1551 inches, with operating pressure increased from 13,000 to 17,000 psi. Bullet diameter is .357-inch. The 38 Special became the gold standard personal defense revolver cartridge and was standard among most American law enforcement agencies for many years. Bullet weights vary from 110 to 158 grains, with a 158-grain bullet at 800 feet per second the most common. In the 1960s pressure was increased again to 18,500 psi, creating the 38 Special +P load, with increased velocity and energy. 38 Long and Short Colt ammunition can be fired in any 38 Special chamber, but not the reverse. 38 Special +P is safe in modern steel-frame 38 Special revolvers, but should not be used in aluminum-frame 38 Special revolvers. 38 Special remains a standard and popular revolver chambering.
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Craig Boddington
