I had noticed that there was a thread here a few days ago that showed a picture of an ammo box that has been seen on the net at various gun & ammo forums. It's the specialty pistol-caliber collection box that originated from a guy named "Al William" (that was his screen name anyway). Al was a guy from Spokane, WA, and I had actually bought this specialty ammo collection from him about 18 months ago. My name is Matt, and I am a member of the International Ammunition Association (IAA), by this same screen name, and I sort of knew Al. I specialize in collecting special-purpose pistol-caliber ammo especially armor piercing / metal piercing ammo. I have written a book on pistol caliber AP as well. The thread that showed the ammo box photo is now locked for some reason as of a few days ago, but for your enjoyment I can tell you all what these cartridges were exactly, and win whatever prize was mentioned to whomever could guess them ;-) . Here is the photo:
And the cartridge are, from left to right... ahem...
Top row: PMC Ultramag "38J" tubular 38spl, Personal Protection Systems (PPS) "ZC38" Teflon coated Aluminum wadcutter 38spl, Winchester/Western "38S5P" metal piercing 38spl, Van Ripper pointed lead "penetrator" (an Arcane knock-off made of lead, not really AP) 38spl, THV 38spl, KTW 38spl with typical 357mag KTW steel projectile loaded, Corbon DPX 38spl, Original first edition Hydra Shok 38spl (old school!), Mesko "Hornet" (less lethal bean bag load from Poland) 38spl, "Thunderzap" plastic Annular nose solid base (ANSB) 38spl
2nd row: Green Elite frangible 38spl, unknown (I didn't get this one in the box he sent me), Signature Products "Razor ammo" 38spl, RBCD "Performance Plus" 38spl, Omnishock 38spl (inverted wadcutter with a steel screw insert & resin cap), Remington multiball (2 balls) 38spl, Hydrashock "Hunter" 38spl, American Ballistics (ABC) "XAL" (aluminum tunnel point) 38spl, American Ballistics (ABC) "CV2" (copper tunnel point) 38spl, unknown soft point tracer 38spl
3rd row: Kawser "turbo grabber" (resin sawtooth cap) .45acp, modified D&D Omega Star (by FX Labs) .45acp, Village Metalworks "Safe Stop" .45acp, XM261 experimental high-density shot .45acp, BBM "Hardcap Shotshell" .45acp, Personal Protection Systems (PPS) "MMC" .45acp, Magsafe "Agent" .45acp, Magsafe "Defender" .45acp, FXLabs "X-bullet" (function = ??) .45acp, FXLabs "flashbang exploder" .45acp
4th row: Arcane (original French solid copper penetrator) .45acp, Remington "Hi-Way Master" metal penetrating .45acp, FXLabs "Unicorn" penetrator .45acp, Rhino replacement parts "AP Penetraor" (actually lead bullet, and is fake AP) .45acp, American Ballistics (ABC) monolithic steel penetrator .45acp, "SCMITR" saboted steel dart penetrator .45acp, Guilford Engineering Aossicates (GEA) tubular "Cyclone" (same stuff that the ATF & FBI Swat used at Waco TX in 9mm version) .45acp, Velet exploder .45acp, Exammo exploder .45acp, Velex exploder .45acp
5th row: New Generation Ammunition (NGA South African) "Sentry" .40S&W, Kawser "Pin Grabber" .40S&W, Magsafe "Defender" .40S&W, Glaser (silver) "Safety Slug" .40S&W, Glaser (blue) "Safety Slug" .40S&W, Magsafe "Agent" .40S&W, FXLabs exploder .40S&W, FXLabs "CCC" booby-trap bullet (explodes with PETN core when fired - ....Crazy right?... I know!!) .40S&W, FXLabs "X-bullet" (function = ?) .40S&W, Incendiary-Tracer .40S&W
6th row: Corbon DPX .40S&W, Aguila "IQ" .40S&W, Corbon +P premium .40S&W, Winchester "Black Talon" .40S&W, Winchester "Ranger SXT" .40S&W, Velex exploder .40S&W, Remington "Golden Saber" .40S&W, PMC "Starfire" .40S&W, Federal Hydra Shok .40S&W, Speer "Gold Dot" .40S&W
7th row: KTW armor piercing 9mm, THV 9mm, "ALPHA" experimental saboted penetrator 9mm, Personal Protection Systems (PPS) "MAP" 9mm, German WWII "08mE" iron-core 9mm, Personal Protection Systems (PPS) "MPP" .380acp, American Ballistic (ABC) "CV2" copper tunnel point 9mm, unknown (didn't get this one from Al), Geco "Blitz Action Trauma" (BAT) 9mm, DAG "Action-3" 9mm
8th row: Lapua "Cepp-super" expanding FMJ 9mm, Federal "EFMJ" (early version) 9mm, Namm ammo (from Ammotogo.com) skyburst tracer 9mm, Hi-Vel exploder 9mm, Hi-Vel incendiary 9mm, CCI (Blount) M939 incendiary tracer contract load (ranging simulator for AT4 rocket launcher) 9mm, FXLabs "multi punch" (steel rods core) 9mm, Magsafe "Agent" 9mm, Exammo exploder 9mm, "Longbow" frangible 9mm
9th row: ExtremeShock "Fang Face" 9mm, Kawser "Pin Grabber" 9mm, Omnishock 9mm, Powerplus "Beehive" (prefragmented core) 9mm, Magsafe experimental 9mm, Israeli riot-control resin / core-shot 9mm, Shell X-Ploder (Bob Shell) 9mm, ExtremeShock "Airfreedom" or "Ranger-T" 9mm, Sinterfire frangible 9mm, DAG plastic trainer 9mm
10th row: KTW armor piercing .32acp, Magsafe "Defender" .32acp, RBCD "Performance Plus" .32acp, Personal Prtection Systems (PPS) "MTT" .32acp, National Cartridge exploder .32acp, KTW armor piercing .25acp, wax bullet .25acp, Personal Protection Systems (PPS) "MSC" brass version (penetrator) .25acp, Magsafe "Defender" .25acp, Glaser blue "Safety Slug" .25acp.
Phheww.....
There are a few hundred other types of bizarre specialty ammo out there, and I have many of them. I'm writing a new reference book now about all of these specialty pistol-caliber ammo types that should be done in 12 months.