NovX loads them in stainless steel cases. Tim showed me a spec sheet for the NovX 9mm cartridge and assured me Inceptor supplies the projectiles for the NovX cartridges. I had the opportunity to ask Tim Kennedy, Brand Ambassador for the Inceptor Line. When competing bullets started appearing, I was a little concerned the inventors of ARX bullets were having their patents encroached upon. I’d shot a lot of the ARX rounds before some of the others came to market. For me it’s been the deciding factor because I’ve become much more recoil-sensitive in my senior years yet I’m not interested in a small-caliber pistol for personal protection. These bullets carry more energy than typical JHPs of the same caliber, yet produce much less recoil. On average, the Advanced Rotation eXtreme (ARX) bullet from Inceptor Ammunition weighs about 2/3 the weight of comparable lead-core bullets, which results in a higher velocity. Why is lighter better? Think of it in terms of energy, not just weight. The spinning flutes create lateral dispersion of energy with the forward dispersion along the bullet’s path causing a significant wounding effect. Once the bullet reaches the target, the rotation of the fluted design traveling at a high velocity causes havoc. The flutes have no effect on mechanical operation within the gun or stability in flight. The projectiles are light and need less propellant to make them travel very fast. With so many excellent brands of JHP handgun ammo on the market, there was something in particular about this new type of ammo which attracted my attention: the promise of low recoil while still offering effective wound ballistics. When I’m making a recommendation to students and determining what to carry in my own gun, I want to know what will do the job and what won’t. I shot some of that ARX today with a different revolver, I did not hear the screech so, now I wonder what it was.Why am I interested in fluted bullets? As a handgun instructor and someone who carries a concealed pistol every day, I research defensive ammo on a regular basis. I'm still wondering about yesterday, when I shot the ARX it seemed like I heard a weird scream like sound until the bullet struck something.Ĭould those flutes in the bullet face be causing an aerodynamic screech, kind of like the sound of a compressor stall in a jet engine? The bullet did tumble and the scoops in the bullet face did clog with paper. The ARX bullet did not deform and only slight chips were on the ridges, almost as if you could reload those bullets. I shot at 4 hardcover books taped together, the ARX penetrated two books and lodged just inside the cover of the third book that would I did not see any plastic smears in the barrel or chambers such as you can get from plastic wads It is not dirty ammo though I only fired 2 rnds. The other rnds just dropped in and dropped out. There were 2 issues, one of the rnds had to be pushed hard into a chamber in the cylinder to seat all the way and when I unloaded that unfired rnd it took a lot of effort to push it back out.
I had them on one jug split in half and the other was torn up badly. The jugs made a big slash when hit and flew off the section of pine log I bought that box of Ruger ARX ammo today and took it to the field with 2 half gal milk jugs and filled them with water at the creek.Īmmo shot to POA which was a pleasant surprise since it is 118 gr bullets and billed at 1307 fps. Here it what I posted on the subject some time ago :