glaser safety slugs

Your best bet would be on the EE or at a gunshow. I don't think they are on the approved ammo list, so new supplies of it can no longer be legally imported or sold.
 
They were developed as a police ammunition; a frangible round of sorts. Supposedly decent balistic performance without concerns of over-penetration. In their day, they were quite popular as a home defense round as the round would break up when it hit a wall and not just pass through killing your family/neighbors. ;)
 
Glasers predate the existence of the Air Marshalls by 25 years. They have been around since the mid 70's. They are not quite the same thing as what we think of as frangible ammo. They are actually #12 birdshot contained in a brass bullet-shaped capsule... more or less. If my memory is correct, they gained fame back in the late 70's when they were adopted by the LAPD.

I remember buying a couple of packages (they came in blister packages of 6 rounds and were insanely expensive) of .45 ACP Glasers form the Firing Line in Calgary around 1990 or 1991. I shot one package off and still had the other one up until about 3 or 4 years ago when I sold it to a relative.
 
I didn't mean to say they were designed for them, just used. I imagine the terminal effects would be pretty good out of such a potent round like the .357 sig.
 
there are 2 types of glasers the glaser blue tips use #12 shot to minimize ricochets,the glaser silver tips use #6 shot for maximum penetration.The following info is for blue tips,i'm reading off the package.
25 acp 40grn vel 1100fps muzzle energy 107 foot pounds
32 acp 55 grn vel 1300 fps 206 fp
9mm 80grn vel 1650 fps me 484fp
357 mag 80 grn 1800 fps 575 fp
40sw 105 grn vel 1500 524 fp
45acp 140 grn vel 1400 609 fp
223 45 grn vel 3430 fps 1175 fp
7.62x39 125 grn vel 2200 fps 1343 fp
308 125 grn vel 3000 fps me 2498 fp
 
... Notably in the 'States, there were some people "Armed" on Flights,as early as '74 that I'm personally aware of . Now, whether the "Glaser" was developed specifically for "Aircraft", use I really don't know. The "Blue Tipped"( Flat at the actual tip) version had the "shot" supposedly, suspended in liquid Teflon, and were touted as a "Surgeons Nightmare"! .... 'Shot a couple in 38 Special, 380ACP and 45ACP, no feeding problems encountered. .... Ingenious concept, but as previously posted, VERY Expensive ! ... David K
 
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