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About 10 years or so ago Winchester came out with the Black Talon.  So called due to the black coating of the bullet (lubox or lubealloy)designed to reduce friction and heat buildup in the barrel as well at the bullets very novel expansion qualities.  Instead of simply expanding, the bullet "peeled" to create what were known as "talons" which did a very respectable job of acting like a food processor in the wound track.
The bullet worked great.  It worked even better in the mind of Congress and the public and Winchester pulled them off the market.
Rather than going the way of other "evil" products such as the Lawn Dart, Winchester took the coating off, made the bullet an even more efficient food processor and dubbed it the SXT (Supreme Expansion Technology).
Winchester reintroduced this ammo as the Ranger T series and markets it only to LEO and Military.  You wont find this at Walley World.
Ranger T's have greater performance and stopping power that the original Talons.  This is some of the most extensively tested ammo ever developed.  Winchester actively tries to keep Rangers only in the hands of LEO/Mil and out of the hands of civilian shooters.   It's Winchesters rule not a law so its perfectly legal to own and use (state and local silliness aside). 
There is no guarantee that Rangers will be available in the future and since history repeats itself, there is every reason to predict they will not.

Demand for this ammo is far out pacing supply - in other words it's damn hard to get reliably.

Original BT's are still available at outrageous prices and about 10 years worth of dust.



JUST A NOTE:
There has been a ton of questions lately regarding the Ranger rounds.
The first question has to do with WInchester's designations - T, SXT. The answer to is this T or SXT is "YES".
The SXT is the bullet designation. The T at the end of the round designation (RA45T) means that it is a Law Enforcement round - or the good stuff.

The second question is about the "NEW" Ranger rounds. The answer there is that Winchester is at some point going to put out what they call an "enhanced" round. Ive read an article touting its enhanced expansion capabilities but no one at Winchester will say if the new rounds will have a new designation.
The rounds we get in are current (2008) production and do appear slightly different, but there is nothing that screams out "enhanced".
So I guess the answer is that the T series is the top round, if its enhanced then its still the top round. If not - well top is still top!
 

WINCHESTER RANGER (RA357SIGT) - .357SIG 125grn SXT
Winchester Ranger RA357SIGT (Talon)- .357SIG 125grn SXT - 50 round box
$ 26.00          ON ORDER      More Information

WINCHESTER RANGER (RA9TA) - .9mm +P+ 127grn SXT
Winchester Ranger RA9TA (Talon)- .9mm +P+ 127grn SXT - 50 round box
$ 25.00          WAITING ON WINCHESTER      More Information

WINCHESTER RANGER RA380T (Talon) .380 95grn
Winchester Ranger RA380T (Talon) .380 95grn 50 round box
$ 27.00          WAITING ON WINCHESTER      More Information

WINCHESTER RANGER RA40T (Talon)- .40S&W 180grn SXT
Winchester Ranger RA40T (Talon)- .40S&W 180grn SXT - 50 round box
$ 26.50          ON ORDER      More Information

WINCHESTER RANGER RA40TA (Talon)- .40S&W 165grn SXT
Winchester Ranger RA40TA (Talon)- .40S&W 165grn SXT - 50 round box
$ 26.00          WAITING ON WINCHESTER      More Information

WINCHESTER RANGER RA45GT (Talon)- .45GAP 230grn SXT
Winchester Ranger RA45GT (Talon)- .45GAP 230grn SXT -50 round box
$ 26.00          Unavailable      More Information

WINCHESTER RANGER RA45T (Talon)- .45ACP 230grn SXT
Winchester Ranger RA45T (Talon)- .45ACP 230grn SXT -50 round box

$ 28.50          WAITING ON WINCHESTER      More Information

WINCHESTER RANGER RA45TP (Talon)- .45ACP 230grn +P SXT
Winchester Ranger RA45T (Talon)- .45ACP 230grn +P SXT - 50 round box

$ 28.50          WAITING ON WINCHESTER      More Information

WINCHESTER RANGER RA9T (Talon)- .9mm 147grn SXT
Winchester Ranger RA9T - 147grn SXT - 50 round box
$ 25.00          ON ORDER      More Information

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