rocksmitten
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- Sep 1, 2006
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Hello, Im new to this forum and Im not sure if this is the correct place to ask the question but I figure it is reloading related.
Correct me if I am wrong but didn't winchester offer Partition gold's along side thier ranger t/sxt and ranger bonded law enforcement 50round packs for service calibers? I remeber seeing results of the 9mm testing and it put itself in the same category of performance matching the best choices (gold dots, ranger, golden saber, DPX, HST.....)
I figure that more and more law enforcement agencies are going towards bonded amunition and thier non bonded ranger T is very popular in the shooting world. I can see why they would rather stick with the in-house product to make money on for thier service calibers. The only other reason I can think for partion discontinuation is the fact that maybe it doesnt meet law enforcement/FBI requirements because of less wieght rettention but that would be contradicting do to the fact that bullet design/performance is more important. Against barriers some common loads lose thier wieght and don't perform so hot but once again that's bullet design.
Its to bad winchester basically turned this line of ammunition into a marketing failure, i think they went wrong by making this stuff LE only.
Obviously I dont think performance is the issue so is it legal problems????
will winchester ever offer them again???
I bet if you offered them again it would give you guys a competitive edge against Gold Dots and others in the service caliber reloading market. Not to mention thier are a few small ammo companies out thier looking for somthing different to offer for that competitive edge, I believe one of them is buying your 135 10mm in mass bulk. Give a option for partions to these guys and the rest of the reloaders, more $$$$$ in your pocket....
I can imagine a 380 partion gold that penetrates and expands like a DPX, or a 357sig/10mm for barrier penetration/medium game hunting......
This is a gold mine in my eyes like the barnes X/DPX was to corbon. If you bring them back around for reloading/another ammo company and they do preform like the other premium loads, then you just snuck into the law enforcement/self defense market over night......Now to just get someone to load it and do it right this time.
So will you guys offer them again for reloading in good ol 9mm, 40/10mm, 45acp???$?
Correct me if I am wrong but didn't winchester offer Partition gold's along side thier ranger t/sxt and ranger bonded law enforcement 50round packs for service calibers? I remeber seeing results of the 9mm testing and it put itself in the same category of performance matching the best choices (gold dots, ranger, golden saber, DPX, HST.....)
I figure that more and more law enforcement agencies are going towards bonded amunition and thier non bonded ranger T is very popular in the shooting world. I can see why they would rather stick with the in-house product to make money on for thier service calibers. The only other reason I can think for partion discontinuation is the fact that maybe it doesnt meet law enforcement/FBI requirements because of less wieght rettention but that would be contradicting do to the fact that bullet design/performance is more important. Against barriers some common loads lose thier wieght and don't perform so hot but once again that's bullet design.
Its to bad winchester basically turned this line of ammunition into a marketing failure, i think they went wrong by making this stuff LE only.
Obviously I dont think performance is the issue so is it legal problems????
will winchester ever offer them again???
I bet if you offered them again it would give you guys a competitive edge against Gold Dots and others in the service caliber reloading market. Not to mention thier are a few small ammo companies out thier looking for somthing different to offer for that competitive edge, I believe one of them is buying your 135 10mm in mass bulk. Give a option for partions to these guys and the rest of the reloaders, more $$$$$ in your pocket....
I can imagine a 380 partion gold that penetrates and expands like a DPX, or a 357sig/10mm for barrier penetration/medium game hunting......
This is a gold mine in my eyes like the barnes X/DPX was to corbon. If you bring them back around for reloading/another ammo company and they do preform like the other premium loads, then you just snuck into the law enforcement/self defense market over night......Now to just get someone to load it and do it right this time.
So will you guys offer them again for reloading in good ol 9mm, 40/10mm, 45acp???$?
