Lot of misconception about Teflon coated bullets........................
Funny how most think that the Teflon was on some bullets back in the day to aid in penetration of body armor. It was there to help it get out the barrel of the gun without damaging the rifling and penetration of hard surfaces. The AP handgun bullets were extremely hard and not hollow points. Teflon did nothing to increase penetration of vests, it actually hurt performance in that area. It did however prove to aid in not deflecting off hard targets like glass and car doors which it was designed to penetrate.
Here is a line up of KTW rounds that garnered a lot of the attention. BTW the media got it all wrong and blew it out of proportion, imagine that..............
Some interesting links on the subject.
http://www.guncite.com/ktwint.html
Teflon-coated bullet
Funny how most think that the Teflon was on some bullets back in the day to aid in penetration of body armor. It was there to help it get out the barrel of the gun without damaging the rifling and penetration of hard surfaces. The AP handgun bullets were extremely hard and not hollow points. Teflon did nothing to increase penetration of vests, it actually hurt performance in that area. It did however prove to aid in not deflecting off hard targets like glass and car doors which it was designed to penetrate.
Here is a line up of KTW rounds that garnered a lot of the attention. BTW the media got it all wrong and blew it out of proportion, imagine that..............
Some interesting links on the subject.
http://www.guncite.com/ktwint.html
Teflon-coated bullet