Who here has any TRIPLEX ammo?

Locust Fork

Someone came in the store buying ammo for hunting season and complaining about the prices (jumping in price ever so much this year) and he was telling me about something he has "a few boxes of."

Triplex ....he told me about shooting it in various things and how SUPER NASTY it was. From what he told me the bullet is THREE pie shaped peices and is held together by some type of wax. He was telling me how when the bullet hits....the three parts seperate and go in directions that are just insane. This is what he carries in his gun at all times.

I plan on asking him if he will sell me a box.....after looking it up the price may be out of my budget.

Jacob2008

No triplex ammo, but i have some Energy Tanks and Missiles [:D][:D][:D]

dongizmo

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I have heard of 2 or 3 slugs stacked in a case, the idea being 3 points of trauma, I don't see how wax could hold togther a bullet?
Link?
Don

Locust Fork

When searching I found several small descriptions of it like this...


http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/Glossary.html

triplex loading a cartridge which contains three projectiles (see duplex, multiball)


http://www.adm.khv.ru/invest2.nsf/Exprt_en/9B9F95D794917672CA2571E2001C1E9F?OpenDocument

This site says it was manufactured in 9mm for a "modified UZI".....
http://www.thegunzone.com/salvo.html

There are more sites, but no real info on the details of the bullet that I can find quickly. Maybe if I search more.

Locust Fork

Here is a listing on Gun Broker for ONE shell...

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=85923748

Jacob2008

quote:Originally posted by Locust Fork
Here is a listing on Gun Broker for ONE shell...

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=85923748
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Nwcid

Here are some links for you.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BTT/is_160_26/ai_92585772

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=282521

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=49925

Locust Fork

Nwcid.....none of the links send you to anything regarding triplex ammo. There are lots of fragmenting shells and hydroshock ammo is everywhere, but the ones I am asking about are not for sale....they were "banned" by the powers that be back in the early 80's (I think) and aren't for sale.

Triplex...hmmmmmmm (the less I know about them the more I want them.)

dongizmo

quote:Originally posted by Locust Fork
Nwcid.....none of the links send you to anything regarding triplex ammo. There are lots of fragmenting shells and hydroshock ammo is everywhere, but the ones I am asking about are not for sale....they were "banned" by the powers that be back in the early 80's (I think) and aren't for sale.

Triplex...hmmmmmmm (the less I know about them the more I want them.)

LF,
One of your links refers to triplex lamaniated safety glass[:0]
I would like to see what you are refering to, the round you linked to on GB is a experimental round, for a modified firearm, not a production round.
IIRC, it was AP handgun ammo that was banned?
Don

TANK78Z

HI, about twenty plus years ago there was a round that I recall as a triplex . a 38/357 cal. case was loaded with 3 disks that each had a small pointed projection on one side , and a matching indentation on the other side , they were stacked on top of one another and loaded as one unit. they were being advertised as a self defense round . I am not sure if there were other calibers made ,well that's the way I recall it , hope it gets someone's else's memories jogged. Bob

Tailgunner1954

That's a old "triplex" by Greener, the Military also did the Salvo Squeeze Bore (SSB) in a multipal calibers including 9mmPara 7.62x51 and 50 BMG.

The 7.62x51 version

Nwcid

quote:Originally posted by Locust Fork
Nwcid.....none of the links send you to anything regarding triplex ammo. There are lots of fragmenting shells and hydroshock ammo is everywhere, but the ones I am asking about are not for sale....they were "banned" by the powers that be back in the early 80's (I think) and aren't for sale.

Triplex...hmmmmmmm (the less I know about them the more I want them.)



Well that was my best guess since the one ad for standard pistol ammo looks like a normal bullet but "With patented bullet design that splits into 3 segments on impact".

The .22 round show a better pic from the base about them being split. They are not disks, but do break into 3 pie shaped pieces.

Can you get a pic of what he has? Like many other rounds this may be an updated version of what he has.

Locust Fork

I appreciate everyone's help on this one.....I just can't get my mind off of this stuff. It sounds completely insane from what I have been told. I just wondered what all you guys could tell me about it.....so I could want it more and cry a little harder when I don't get any.