IF that is true, with the il. ring forward it would make the remaining SHANK a little LONGER and have more weight to promote penetration.
I'm definitely not detracting from the IL, but moving the IL ring forward doesn't necessarily mean that they lengthened the bullet. If all they did was move the ring forward, that would promote core loss, not additional penetration, due to the fact that the locking ring will be lost due to jacket expansion sooner in the expansion process. If the old IL could expand almost down to the base of the jacket before the ring was disabled, the new bullet only has to expand the jacket down half the length of the bullet before the ring is disabled.
Again, not arguing one way or the other, just pointing out the consequence of moving the ring forward (which JB also pointed out above, but just briefly).
