Varieties offered to civilians are classified by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) as not armor-piercing, and it was stated that the SS192 and SS196 cartridge variations were unable to penetrate various types of Kevlar vests in tests conducted by FNH USA.
Raznovrsni metci ponuđeni civilima povjereni su američkom Zavodu za alkohol, duhan, vatreno oružje i eksplozive (ATF) kao ne-oklopno-prodorni metci, još je navedeno da varijante SS192 i SS196 su nesposobne probiti razne vrste kevlarnih prsluka u testovima koje je provodio FNH USA.