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PMC got it's start by importing ammunition from Korea. They have always had close ties with Korea, and some of their Bronze line was always made in Korea.

The company has reconsolidated and returned to importing it's ammo. They are being imported in small amounts today. I really liked the Starfire line, but that was bought up in the sale of equipment. I believe that they kept the rights, and hope that it's re-introduced here.

The new, black, boxes are from Korea. As for the QC, it's funny, but there are those who will bleed dollars to buy only "well-known" name ammo, or surplus (!!), and down-play anything else. The odd part is that much of the surplus will have worse QC, and no way to know how it was stored.

 

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We've been using Sarin on ours. Persistent little buggers, and love to chew on your feet. We've been doing some major landscaping in our back yard, and the Fire Ants have discovered the softer earth from the work. I think some of them were speaking Paraguyan!!

StarFire was the follow-on design from the man who brought us Hydra-Shok. Ted Burchzynski. It uses the same simple machine as the post in the Hydra-Shok, in the form of the flutes inside the cavity. Expansion can be tailored to open at velocities as low as 500 fps. His sole regret was that StarFire was loaded, in his opinion, about 100-150 fps slower than it should have been. I bought a case of the .45 ACP ammo, and a case of the 124 gr. 9mm. Even have a couple of boxes of the .44 Mag., and the .30-30 loading, the only rifle ammo produced in this style.

 

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Actually, prior to the Black Talon, the first article that I ever saw on the Starfire was in Guns and Ammo. It had a picture of a Starfire round penetrating a piece of fruit, and showed long pieces of cut fruit being blown out of the entry point. Cutting was mentioned in the article, but, because it wasn't a primary advertising effect, it missed the media attack.

FYI, there were NO recorded injuries of Medical Personnel who operated on people shot with the Black Talon ammo. I keep a few boxes of the stuff around, just to show people when they talk about it.