Federal Guard Dog 9Mm

as the nation's oldest gun manufacturer, remingtonis not only a company rich in it's own history but an intrical part of american history aswell. from eastern forest land to southern farms to the wester frontier. remington wasthere. and the legacy lives on as this iconic american company celebrates it's 200th anniversary.here to share remington's commitment to ammunition excellence is jessica brooks stevens who alongwith marketing duties for barnes, is branding

Federal Guard Dog 9Mm, lead for remington and barnes ammunition products.she's a shooting industry respected ballistics expert and we are please to have her heretoday. good morning. my pleasure olga.thank you. i'm so glad you're here. in fact, i heardyou just got back from africa.

i did! my mom and i were there for 14 days.had a wonderful safari. what an experience.i've always wanted to do that. maybe later with my girls.ok. family is definitely fun to go with. and let's talk about family because i knowyou have a long standing connection to the fire arms industry. it's a family affair foryou isn't it? yeah, it certainly is. my parents owned andoperated barnes bullets from 1974 through 2010. upon which time, remington acquiredthe business. and as we focus today on fire arm ammunitionand i'm not very educated on this and i'm going to be completely honest with you. tellus the choice of ammunition as an important

consideration for not only gun safety whichis so important, but also you know, functionality as well.well, in regards to gun safety and functionality, it's really important that shooters understandthe kind of ammunition that they can put into their fire arm. for example, 380 auto wasa very popular personal defense choice today. and some ammunition and some guns are labeleddifferently. you'll find some ammunition labeled as 380 auto, some labeled as 380 acp. samething with the guns. well, what the shooters need to know is that they can use either onethey can interchange. so, that's just an example of understanding what can go on your firearm so that you can get the optimum performance that you're looking for.and help me understand because again you're

educating me today, and i was reading here.personal defense ammunition. how is that different from saying target shooting?so, ammunition used on the range is typically loaded with a full metal jacket bullet. so,when i talk about bullets, it's the projectile that comes out of the barrel. ammunition isthe loaded round. so, full metal jackets are what you would typically use on the rangeand the a hollow point bullet is what you would really use for personal defense.ok. and you brought in some ballistics video. we're going to roll on it now and tell meexactly what we're looking at. ok. so, what we're looking at is the actualbullet, the projectile, going through heavy clothing into a ballistics gelatin block.and so there are two clips. one is with the

ultimate defense compact hand gun remingtonproduct. the other is with the barnes tack xpd product. these are both optimized forpersonal defense in those short barreled, small compact hand guns.and tell me what grain count is. so, grain count is really the weight of thebullet. when you pick up a box of ammunition you'll notice that it has, this is 9 millimeterluger with 124 grains. that is the weight of the bullet. so, in grains and typicallylighter faster projectiles produce less recoil. heavier projectiles produce less velocityand heavier recoil. and that special sticker on the package, what'sthat? so, the tack xpd product has a lenticularsticker that actually shows the way that the

bullet functions.look at that! when it hits media. so, you know how thisbullet is performing. i'll be honest, i didn't know there was somuch science behind this. now, what about the price differences withammunition? i'm assuming there has to be. absolutely. range and target ammunition arepriced accordingly so that shooters can put, you know, thousands of rounds down range andbe able to do that affordably. the personal defense ammunition, there's a lot more engineering.it's very intensive production wise, so, you know, that all adds up to cost. and thereforethe shooter is really going to get, you really get what you pay for with personal defenseammunition.

jessica, any closing remarks on maybe womenout there who are thinking of taking some classes or maybe even purchasing a firearm?yeah, you know, i think it's really important to get educated and experienced before purchasinga fire arm. and really if you go to the classes and you get range time, whether that is througha rental program or, you know, borrowing a fire arm, or shoot as much as you can becausethat gives you confidence and will allow you to make a very informed decision when yougo out to purchase your personal defense fire arm.and as a mother, i can say, possibly not even be as frightened as maybe i would be if istarted doing that. well, and you know, i think with knowledgecomes power.

absolutely.and so that's my advice. alright so if i ever take my girls on a safarito africa i'm going to call you and tell you come with us.(laughs) i'll give you some tips.i'll feel safe with you. thank you so much jessica.ok. you're always invited to find out more aboutgun safety in self protection. just visit us atthebalancingact.com and always give us your input, concerns, orquestions about today's topic. simply log on tofacebook/thebalancingactfans.