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<blockquote data-quote="Mad Professor" data-source="post: 3031823" data-attributes="member: 5316"><p>Exactly. </p><p></p><p>They were the GoldDot and HST of the 80s. It was the ammo that "failed" in the famous Miami shootout in the mid 80s. Federal Hydra-Shock surpassed it (IMO) in the late 80s. In around 1990 we started seeing great advancements in bullet technology. The Winchester Black Talon was an early one, but shortly later taken off the pubic market due to public misconception and controversy. It's basic design stayed as the Ranger SXT. The Speer Gold Dots came out in the mid 90s. By that time the Silvertip and Hydra-shock took a back seat </p><p></p><p>The Silvertip line in rifle calibers preceded the handgun offerings, and is still considered an effective hunting round. I'm not sure what change were made to the Silvertip handgun in later years, but I don't remember it being widely used in law enforcement after the mid 90s.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mad Professor, post: 3031823, member: 5316"] Exactly. They were the GoldDot and HST of the 80s. It was the ammo that "failed" in the famous Miami shootout in the mid 80s. Federal Hydra-Shock surpassed it (IMO) in the late 80s. In around 1990 we started seeing great advancements in bullet technology. The Winchester Black Talon was an early one, but shortly later taken off the pubic market due to public misconception and controversy. It's basic design stayed as the Ranger SXT. The Speer Gold Dots came out in the mid 90s. By that time the Silvertip and Hydra-shock took a back seat The Silvertip line in rifle calibers preceded the handgun offerings, and is still considered an effective hunting round. I'm not sure what change were made to the Silvertip handgun in later years, but I don't remember it being widely used in law enforcement after the mid 90s. [/QUOTE]
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