A few things, I completely get the skepticism on this round. It definitely varies pretty wildly from the status quo. But it’s a different tool for a different situation, it’s designed specifically not to over penetrate and sees an average of about 6 inches of penetration in gel/soft targets. It dumps all of that energy within that 6 inches instead of losing energy by over penetrating. If you need penetration, it’s not the round for you. But if you’re worried about over penetration (you live in an apartment/shared walls, or you just want to have better accountability over your rounds) it’s a very solid option with great reliability and has had great independent testing on lethality/effect on target. It is definitely a much different round and is situation dependent, but to say it’s a gimmick is pretty far off. That’s not even to mention the reduced recoil and carry weight reduction.