Editing Hollow-point bullet (section)

=== Winchester Black Talon scare ===
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[[File:Winchester Black Talon 9mm (detail).jpg|thumb|Detail image of a Black Talon bullet]]

In early 1992, [[Winchester Ammunition|Winchester]] introduced the "[[Black Talon]]", a newly designed hollow-point handgun bullet which used a specially designed, reverse tapered jacket. The jacket was cut at the hollow to intentionally weaken it, and these cuts allowed the jacket to open into six petals upon impact. The thick jacket material kept the tips of the jacket from bending as easily as a normal thickness jacket. The slits that weakened the jacket left triangular shapes in the tip of the jacket, and these triangular sections of jacket would end up pointing out after expansion, leading to the "Talon" name. The bullets were coated with a black colored, paint-like lubricant called "Lubalox", and loaded into nickel-plated brass cases, which made them visually stand out from other ammunition. While performance of the Black Talon rounds was not significantly improved over other comparable high-performance hollow-point ammunition, the reverse taper jacket did provide reliable expansion under a wide range of conditions, and many police departments adopted the round.<ref>{{cite book|last=Carter|first=Gregg Lee|title=Guns In American Society: An Encyclopedia|year=2002|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-268-4|page=64}}</ref>

Winchester's "Black Talon" product name was eventually used against them. After the high-profile 1993 [[101 California Street shooting]] in [[San Francisco]], media response against Winchester was swift. "This bullet kills you better", says one report; "its six razorlike claws unfold on impact, expanding to nearly three times the bullet's diameter".<ref name="motherjones">{{cite magazine |url = https://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/1993/09/petersen.html |title = MotherJones SO93: This bullet kills you better |first = Julie |last = Petersen |date = September 1993 |magazine = [[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |access-date = 2007-03-17 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070312154136/https://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/1993/09/petersen.html |archive-date = 2007-03-12 }}</ref><ref name="firearmstactical">{{cite web |url = http://www.firearmstactical.com/briefs2.htm |work = Tactical Briefs #2 |title = Winchester Ranger Talon (Ranger SXT/Black Talon) Wound Ballistics |publisher = Firearms Tactical Institute |date = 1998-03-01 |access-date = 2007-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120124949/http://www.firearmstactical.com/briefs2.htm|archive-date=2008-01-20}}</ref> A concern was raised by the president of the [[American College of Emergency Physicians]] (ACEP) that the sharp edges of the jacket could cut medical personnel's skin and risk spread of disease. An ACEP spokesman later said he was not aware of any evidence to support this claim.<ref name="rkba">{{cite news |title = Black Talon: much ado about little |first = Joe |last = Hallinan | date = 1995-01-29 |publisher = Newhouse News Service }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://rkba.org/letters/cnn0327.dos |title = Letter to CNN |author = Jeff Chan |date = 1995-03-27 |publisher = RKBA.org |access-date = 2007-03-17 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061114195838/http://www.rkba.org/letters/cnn0327.dos |archive-date = 2006-11-14 }}</ref>

Winchester responded to the media criticism of the Black Talon line by removing it from the commercial market and only selling it to law enforcement distributors. Winchester has since discontinued the sale of the Black Talon entirely, although Winchester does manufacture nearly identical ammunition under new brand names, the Ranger T-Series and the Supreme Elite Bonded PDX1.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://winchesterle.com/Products/handgun-ammunition/ranger/t-series/Pages/default.aspx | title = Winchester Ranger T-Series | publisher = Winchester | access-date = 2011-10-25 | url-status=live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111005155345/http://winchesterle.com/Products/handgun-ammunition/ranger/t-series/Pages/default.aspx | archive-date = 2011-10-05 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.winchester.com/Products/handgun-ammunition/supreme-elite/bonded-pdx1/Pages/default.aspx |title=Winchester Supreme Elite Bonded PDX1 |publisher=Winchester |access-date=2011-10-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010215739/http://www.winchester.com/products/handgun-ammunition/supreme-elite/bonded-pdx1/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=October 10, 2011 }}</ref>