The bullet is being released for orders on 1/9/09, but stock will not be available until mid-January 2009. The intent of the 458-300 was to create a fast fracturing bullet for personal defense and CQB applications to maximize terminal effect while minimizing potential secondary penetration. Well, it almost works! The terminal performance is simply unbelievable. At 3,000fps the bullet is a water-jug-vaporizing son of a gun. The problem lies in the amount of flash generated from the fast powders used to achieve the velocity. I use 40.0gr of Alliant 2400 in a 45-70 lever gun to achieve slightly over 3,000fps which results in a muzzle flash over ten feet long. You just can not believe how fast they cover 100 yards and they have shown to be very accurate in the several guns they have been tested in. There is virtually no recoil and the above load is just a riot to shoot. The bullet is made from aluminum and to eliminate the potential for aluminum oxide formation, the bullets are coated with a dry film lube immediately after they are cleaned. Weight - 100 grains BC (actual) - I still need to measure this; however, I can state it still has a lot of steam left at 100 yards. Length - 1.100 Design velocity - 2,000-?????!!!!! Material - 7075-T6 aluminum Sold in a packages of 50 at $50/box. Shipping via USPS Priorty Mail to the 50 states is included in the price.