I bought a lot of ammo over the weekend. In the bunch is a partial box (35) of S&W Nyclad hollow points, .38 spl, 125 gr., nickled cases. Box is only very good. All ammo looks LN.

I make a little effort to separate collectible from shooter stuff, other than that, it all gets shot..........

PJH

Shoot it...there is a lot of it around....

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On the Oak Savannah

Really? Where have you found it, sir?

There's not that much of it around. I come upon a box from time to time. When I do, I just add it to my Smith collection. It's a neat supplement to the guns.

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Dr. B

Standard pressure, Federal branded, Nyclad 125 grain hollow points reside in my pocket J-frame.

Some were fired into water jugs from that revolver as a confidence builder. It expanded nicely.



I currently have enough on hand for my immediate needs but still wish it were readily available.

S&W ammo also produced a .357 version of the 158gr LHP round so popular in .38 Spl. I have exactly 20 of them tucked away. I wish someone would pick up this load.

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

Some people are around that really want to find some. IMHO Nyclads were a precursor to coated bullets, which I can buy from many casters.

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"He was kinda funny lookin'"

Went to S&W Officer survival in the 80's. They furnished the ammo. Nyclad. One room we shot in was pretty small. No lead smell.

The "TOP" SD J frame snub nose round EVER made........................

I never understood why they killed the "Golden Egg" ............?? !!

As I recall, the Nyclad ammo was intended to provide law enforcement agencies training ammo that reduced airborne lead contamination at indoor ranges. Then someone discovered that the nylon-clad bullets were more effective at penetrating Kevlar body armor than other bullets, whereupon the mainstream media labeled these as "cop killer" bullets.

Interesting.

I love Nyclads and I wish I had more.

But with Hi-Tek and powder coating, I think the void has been filled nicely.

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-Mike-

Take my friends advise. The more it gets shot, the more my 30 or more full boxes go up in value.

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Don Mundell

Sorry, but it was the KTW ammunition that started the "cop killer" media frenzy. KTW was developed by a coroner and some cops to provide a bullet with better performance at penetrating cars (and the occupants) and was sold only to police departments. The rounds used in the tv report were actually provided by a police officer.

The fact that the KTW rounds were coated caused many people to assume that ANY coated ammunition would shoot through police vests. Nyclads of course had no more penetration in body armor than an equivalent lead or jacketed round of the same profile. The media though had a field day with the "cop killer" craze, tried to use it to ban all kinds of ammo. We did end up with the "armor piercing handgun ammo" ban (mainly used to ban certain cheap surplus ammo such as 7.62X39) and educated the criminals that cops were wearing vests.

That must have been a common believe / rumor. I've talked to more than one police officer that thought the blue nylon coated Federal Ny-Clad was an 'armor penetrating' bullet. Which it wasn't.
I have read that the Ny-Clad bullet was a good round and did mushroom nicely.

I remember reading an article in the late 60's or early 70's about the KTW bullet. A teflon coated bullet machined from bronze made for police use only. Never killed a single cop.

But banning the cop killer KTW was Ohio, Senator Howard Metzenbaum (D) claim to fame.