Rainier HP bullets, do they expand?

t45 · December 26, 2010, 09:14 PM

Im thinking about getting some 45acp 230gr HP plated Rainier bullets. Does anybody know if they expand? Wondering if they could be used for defensive purposes in a pinch. I know there are better options out there. I have several boxes of 200gr GD +P's so I have that covered.

res45 · December 26, 2010, 10:10 PM

I have some of the HEX HP I bought a while back but have not had time to test them out.

From the Rainier web site.

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The successful implementation of our "RESTRIKE" technology has allowed Rainier Ballistics to now manufacture our "rapid expanding" HEX Hollow Point. Listen to what Tom Burczynski, designer and patent holder of the Starfire, Quik-Shok and Hydra-Shok bullets had to say; "There's no question that the combination of stress risers and malleable copper plating used in Rainier's HEX H.P. bullet provides the shooters with an excellent, rapid expanding bullet."

December 26, 2010, 09:14 PM	#1
t45 Senior Member Join Date: January 29, 2010 Location: Foothills, NC Posts: 782	Rainier HP bullets, do they expand? Im thinking about getting some 45acp 230gr HP plated Rainier bullets. Does anybody know if they expand? Wondering if they could be used for defensive purposes in a pinch. I know there are better options out there. I have several boxes of 200gr GD +P's so I have that covered.