WTS/WTT WA Rare Discontinued 5.7x28mm SS196 Red Tips

[Spec.-K]

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1. For Sale
2. For Trade

Hello all.
I'm looking to part with this sealed box of discontinued ammo.
It was made for a year and then phased out by the SS197.
These are VERY hard to find!

I'd like $80 FTF or $90 in trade value.

I'm looking for-
-Dillon 550 toolheads
-AR bolts (6.8, 7.62x39, 458, possibly 556/223)
-Handi-Rifle or Cricket type rifle (can add cash)
Lee Classic Handloader Kits
-Dies in- 5.7x28, 221 Fireball, 223/556 (Redding S-type), 9mm Makarov, 9mm Carbide, 357 Carbide, 44 Mag Carbide, 45LC/454 Carbide, 44-40, 358 Win, or...?

Can meet in Longview/Kelso/Rainier/Clatskanie and occasionally Vancouver, PDX or Hillsboro/26/Cornelius Pass area.

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[minioreonikka]

still have

 

[rdb241]

Please tell me why red tips are so special?

 

[AMT]

.....and why the ad is 6 years old, not closed, and bumped.....

 

[Camelfilter]

Please tell me why red tips are so special?

V-Max projectile, perhaps?

 

[rdb241]

V-Max projectile, perhaps?

That still tells me nothing.

 

[Camelfilter]

That still tells me nothing.

Off of the 5.7 wiki page:

"SS196SR (sporting round)

The SS196SR was introduced in 2005 and it is now discontinued in favor of the SS197SR cartridge.[27] It featured a lead core 2.6-g (40 grain) Hornady V-Max bullet which it propelled at a muzzle velocity of roughly 500 m/s (1,650 ft/s) when fired from the Five-seven.[27] The polycarbonate tip used in the V-Max bullet acted as a wedge, enhancing expansion of the bullet. The SS196 was classified by the ATF as not armor-piercing, and in testing by FNH USA it did not penetrate a Level II vest when fired from the Five-seven.[26] The SS196 could be identified by its red polymer tip."

-So looks like these were the legal workaround for civilian ammunition of the time (not -"armor piercing").???

 

[The Heretic]

I have a box of these.

Essentially the same as SS197SR (current manufacture), but with red ballistic tip instead of blue, and slightly slower.

FN 5.7x28mm Ammunition Tables - FiveseveNForum.com

 

[rdb241]

Off of the 5.7 wiki page:

"SS196SR (sporting round)

The SS196SR was introduced in 2005 and it is now discontinued in favor of the SS197SR cartridge.[27] It featured a lead core 2.6-g (40 grain) Hornady V-Max bullet which it propelled at a muzzle velocity of roughly 500 m/s (1,650 ft/s) when fired from the Five-seven.[27] The polycarbonate tip used in the V-Max bullet acted as a wedge, enhancing expansion of the bullet. The SS196 was classified by the ATF as not armor-piercing, and in testing by FNH USA it did not penetrate a Level II vest when fired from the Five-seven.[26] The SS196 could be identified by its red polymer tip."

-So looks like these were the legal workaround for civilian ammunition of the time (not -"armor piercing").???

Thanx.......