A hollow-point bullet is a type of expanding bullet which expands on impact with a soft target, transferring more or all of the projectile's energy into...
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A soft-point bullet (SP), also known as a soft-nosed bullet, is a jacketed expanding bullet with a soft metal core enclosed by a stronger metal jacket...
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for use in war. Two typical designs are the hollow-point bullet and the soft-point bullet. Expanding bullets are designed to expand on impact, sometimes...
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A plastic-tipped bullet is a type of hollow-point bullet tipped with a nose cone made of synthetic polymer to give it a pointed spitzer-like shape. The...
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A hollow-base bullet is a firearm bullet with a pit or hollow in its base which expands upon being fired, forcing the base to engage with the barrel grooves...
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bullet is a hollow-point rifle bullet that has a plastic tip on the end of the bullet. This improves external ballistics by streamlining the bullet,...
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of black powder to propel a lightweight, often hollow point bullet, at high velocities to maximize point blank range. Later the express cartridges were...
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bullets are bullets constructed from a one solid material, usually metal, and do not have multiple components. Unlike jacketed hollow point bullets (JHP)...
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Talon handgun bullet (from the resemblance of the opened segments to the talons or claws of a bird of prey) is a jacketed hollow-point bullet with perforations...
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developed the armor-piercing K bullet for use against heavier British tanks. Glossary of firearms terms Hollow-point bullet Military necessity Chisholm,...
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Features A spitzer bullet (from German: Spitzgeschoss, "point shot") is a munitions term, primarily regarding fully-powered and intermediate small-arms...
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enforcement customers. SS192 hollow-point The SS192 was discontinued in late 2004. It used a 1.8 g (28 grain) hollow point bullet with a copper jacket and...
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Terminal ballistics (redirect from Flatpoint bullet)
minimizing the damage to the target. A soft lead bullet, or jacketed hollow-point bullet, or soft-point bullet will flatten out on impact (if the velocity...
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other hydrostatic shock proponents) contend that with good jacketed hollow point bullets, the more energetic loads for the .40 S&W can also create hydrostatic...
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utilize the standard 29-grain (1.9 g) solid round nose bullet and 27-grain (1.7 g) hollow point bullet weights for the .22 short. Several types are made by...
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He gives them a free hollow-point bullet and shows off his bulletproof vest, which Leonel and Marco test by shooting him point-blank. When he survives...
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additional bullet weights were soon introduced: a 100-grain (6.5 gram) hollow-point bullet for varmint shooting, and a 150 grain (9.7 gram) bullet, offering...
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half plastic and half lead core jacketed hollow point bullet and is designed to defeat live targets. The bullet has a black tip. The SP-8 cartridge is loaded...
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powder charge with a 158-grain unjacketed soft lead semi-wadcutter hollow-point bullet designed to readily expand at typical .38 Special velocities obtained...
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single hollow-point bullet from Walker's firearm shows no blood, and because, based on consultations with pathologists, they believe that a hollow-point bullet...
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then took a .38 Taurus Model 85 revolver from her purse and fired a hollow-point bullet, hitting Selena in the shoulder. Selena ran towards the lobby for...
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the Gold Dot line, component bullets, and handgun ammunition using a bonded copper-plated hollow point bullet. Plated bullets were originally sold only for...
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5.45×39mm (redirect from Poison bullet)
center of gravity to the rear; the hollow air space also makes the bullet's point prone to deformation when the bullet strikes anything solid, inducing...
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standard 40 gr (2.6 g) solid or 36 gr (2.3 g) hollow-point lead bullet. Many .22 LR cartridges use bullets lighter than the standard 40 gr (2.6 g), fired...
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caliber or bullet type tested". The first selected was the 9mm described above. The second was a ".45 round, Remington 185 grain hollow point". The Wound...
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projectile does not rely on fragmentation or the expansion of a hollow-point bullet, the cartridge and pistol are considered suitable for military use...
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Stopping power (section Dynamics of bullets)
the bullet expands. Due to the energy expended in bullet expansion, velocity is lost more quickly. This type of bullet (hollow-point hand gun bullet) is...
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loadings. In addition, improvements in jacketed hollow-point bullet technology have produced bullet designs that are more likely to expand and less likely...
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22 Long Rifle .45 Colt cartridge featuring a jacketed hollow point bullet All-lead hollow point and flat nose .45 Colt cartridges .45 Colt cartridges...
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Christmas Day dinner with Murtaugh and his family. He gifts Murtaugh a hollow-point bullet he has been saving to commit suicide, as he no longer needs it. Mel...
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