Many people have been waiting for this less-lethal device to become available, including me. The HDX 68 is a serious, high powered, high capacity self or home defense product that will perform for you when you need it.
The HDX 68 is powered by either an 88 gram CO2 cartridge or with a 2X12 gram Quick Pierce CO2 mechanism. Setting the HDX up with the 2X12g adapter will allow you to put the HDX 68 into service very quickly by striking the Quick Piercing button found on the butt pad (black “buffer tube” circle).
The internal magazine on the HDX 68 holds 16 .68 caliber round pepper, rubber, or dust rounds. It is important to know that the HDX 68 only accepts round ammo as some self-defense ammo is not round.
The biggest feature that firmly grabs attention, however, is the power output delivered downrange. With .68 caliber Core Defense ammo leaving the muzzle at 530 FPS, the HDX 68 produces 36 Joules. This is substantially more power than handheld less lethal devices can produce. Granted with its shoulder fired design the HDX 68 lends itself to home defense or crowd control use, it delivers the thump you need to get a perpetrator’s attention.
In conjunction with .68 caliber Core Defense pepper or dust ammo, the HDX 68 can reach out beyond 50 yards with a degree of accuracy that is just not possible with standard powder ammo. Core Defense dust and pepper ammo draws this superior performance from its construction. The heart of Core Defense is hard and cold– steel that is. Centered perfectly at the center of the Core Defense round is a steel sphere. This sphere is surrounded by 7% PAVA powder or, with the inert round, inert powder.