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S.W.A.T. is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by Group One Enterprises, Inc. Printed in the USA. BRIEFING ROOM © 2017 O.F. Mossberg & Sons DENNY HANSEN MAGAZINE SURVIVAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS The New Super Vel Ammo PUBLISHER Richard J. Lucibella EDITOR-IN-CHIEF or the last couple of generations, most shooters have taken jacketed Denny Hansen hollow point (JHP) bullets for granted. This was not always the case. BAD GUYS In 1978, the sheriff’s office I worked for transitioned to the 1911 PRODUCTION DIRECTOR F Kathleen Allard pistol. This was groundbreaking at the time and well before most agencies went to semi-autos. Before that, of course, we carried revolvers. On the DESIGN DIRECTION approved list were revolvers made by Colt, Ruger, and Smith & Wesson with B. Bigler|WestPub Inc. a four-inch barrel. I carried a Colt Python. OPERATIONS MANAGER The wheelguns could be chambered for .357 Magnum, but the only load Grit Salewski issued was the 158-grain round-nose lead .38 Special—the load that gave the TACTICAL CONSULTANT .38 such a poor reputation as a fight stopper. Louis Awerbuck|In Memoriam DON’T RING Only .38 Special loads could be carried on the theory that if one deputy TRAINING CONSULTANT ran out of ammo, he could use ammo carried by another. I was of the belief Patrick A. Rogers|In Memoriam that if someone could not hit his target with 18 rounds—the basic load-out at LAW ENFORCEMENT the time—I wasn’t about to share any of my ammo.