DRT Ammo?

[cabochris]

Has anyone used DRT (Dynamic Research Technology) ammo for big game?  Their bullets are filled with compressed metals like tungsten or copper Particles.  It is claimed their bullets shoot right through glass, brick, bone and on game when they reach fluids explode, causing a quick demise with practically no meat loss. 

At their site a video claims they drop Brown Bear using their 308 Win load and that their 30-06 and 300 Win loads can take anything in NA. They also have a video of shooting a cow elk beyond 200 yards off-hand with their 95 grain 243 Win loading.  The elk dropped at the shot and they recommend their 243 loading for elk size game!

They say no game gets away when hit by their bullet technology.  Is this the future of hunting?  Forget ultra long range sniping, but for normal hunting ranges their new bullets seem to make rounds like 243, 308 and 06 all one needs for any game? 

One reads little of this in gun magazines.  Either they may be protecting conventional bullet makers, or DRT performance is not as claimed?  I recall when Berger Hunting VLDs first came on the market as a new hunting bullet.  So many cried foul, but now they're very popular for big game hunting.  So will everyone be talking about DRT in a couple of years, just like they do Berger now?  I just ordered some 243 DRT ammo and intend to try it on deer.

[DJ_Mack]

I always wanted to try it. I have some for my 5.56 that I am going to try on coyotes soon. I also bought some of their 9mm as self defense rounds. If or when I get a kill with my yote gun I will let u know.


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[Alchase]

The idea of using "frangible" ammo while hunting for anything you plan to eat, does not make sense to me at all.
Why have all that excessive waste of meat, when a decent expanding round does just fine without taking out a massive amount of blood shot wasted meat.

[cabochris]

At the DRT website they claim no tainting of the meat and because they figured out how to make this concept work... Which I take to mean the bullets function correctly and are accurate, this in a sense is a new technology available to hunters. 

It almost sounds too good to be true.  First there is zero lead.  Then DRT claims quick ethical kills, even with smaller calibers.  DRT actually recommends their 95 grain 243 Win for elk size game.  I take that to mean what they say... With their bullet the 243 is now an elk gun and if so amazing!  A 150 grain 308 Win for Brownies!

When VLD Bergers first came out, many questioned using a target style bullet for hunting big game and some used the wrong version, reporting exploding without penetrating game.  Today clearly The Hunting VLD is very popular and especially with long range hunters, where most other big game bullets fail.  I think the DRT bullet is similar result wise to the VLD, in that both enter the game, then come apart in the vitals.  Only the DRT differs by releasing a cloud of metallic dust, which seems to be very fatal.  Really an interesting concept to me, because if the DRT claims are true, over normal hunting ranges a 30-06 would be enough gun for any big game?  Remember they say their bullets shoot right through glass, wallboard, bone... Then explode when they reach the liquid/vitals.  What, a 30-06 now is a Cape Buffalo Gun?  If so, that would put a dent in many larger hunting calibers... Like do I still even need my 338 or 375s?  This if their technology does as they claim.  Very interesting.

[Alchase]

I would like to see the science behind these.
A new non-lead bullet that is equal to current offerings would be a good thing.

[Fl0und3rz]

Sounds like a lot of marketing hype.

I'd consider it after it has achieved significant field testing beyond what the sellers are claiming.  We know a .22LR can kill big game, but it is not advisable. Otherwise, i kind of take an if it ain't broke don't fix it perspective regarding traditional projectiles like the Nosler Partition.

[DJ_Mack]

The idea of using "frangible" ammo while hunting for anything you plan to eat, does not make sense to me at all.
Why have all that excessive waste of meat, when a decent expanding round does just fine without taking out a massive amount of blood shot wasted meat.

This makes sense.

[Stein]

An exploding bullet that has good penetration and no meat loss, just think about that.

.243 doesn't have the energy to go through large bones, do these have rocket power or what?

Physics will get you every time.


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[Alchase]

An exploding bullet that has good penetration and no meat loss, just think about that.

.243 doesn't have the energy to go through large bones, do these have rocket power or what?

Physics will get you every time.


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We don't need no stinkin fisiks, LOL

[2labs]

Would you shoot an animal that you planed on eating with a V-Max?

[tlbradford]

Almost all the deer and elk I killed with a rifle was using 117 grain frangible ammo.  I don't remember the exact bullet but it was a little like a hollow point but with sharp edges and no ballistic tip.  I always put it behind the front shoulder and it always broke into several small pieces in the body cavity.  I never ruined any meat and most of the time they never took a single step.  I'm sure it would have been a terrible wound if I hit the shoulder, or a haunch, but I never did.  I never shot a bear with that set-up, but on thin skinned animals it was devastating.