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Might be a couple of reasons for the switch away from Glasers.
I've heard from folks who shoot them that they tend to shoot differently than 'regular' loads (different point of impact). They're also known to not perform as well as you'd like if the opponent is wearing a leather jacket or similar 'street armor'.
Mythbusters tested the Hollywood theory of explosive decompression. Bullets won't do it. Bullets right into and through the windows won't do it. A small shaped charge won't do it. Being Mythbusters they kept trying until they worked up to a big enough charge to blow open the side of the plane. Still didn't get Buster, the crash test dummy sucked out but he did get squished between rows of seats torn free by the blast of air rushing out. For those who haven't seen it, they got the use of a scrap plane, sealed it, and pressurized it to simulate the maximum pressure differential you could get in flight.
Note: from here at work the net-nanny won't let me see the article being discussed so I can only guess at the issues it addresses. But the Mythbusters episode is friggin neat!
Jun 15, 2006, 6:23:00 PM
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