Expanding bullets, also known colloquially as dumdum bullets, are projectiles designed to expand on impact. This causes the bullet to increase in diameter...
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A bullet is a kinetic projectile, a component of firearm ammunition that is shot from a gun barrel. They are made of a variety of materials, such as copper...
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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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parties in the end agreed to abstain from using expanding bullets. With the use of expanding bullets against signatories of the convention deemed inhumane...
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Full metal jacket (ammunition) (redirect from FMJ bullet)
Belding & Mull. 1949. pp. 39 & 40. "Declaration (IV, 3) concerning Expanding Bullets". UMN.edu. International Peace Conference at The Hague, which entered...
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unintended effect of making the thin lead envelope an expanding bullet. Since expanding bullets were seen as violating the Hague Convention it did not...
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Terminal ballistics (redirect from Flatpoint bullet)
are expanding bullets, the hollow-point bullet, and the soft-point bullet. These are designed to use the hydraulic pressure of muscle tissue to expand the...
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Stopping power (section Dynamics of bullets)
a large bullet that penetrates deeply, which can be achieved with a larger, slower non-expanding bullet, or a smaller, faster expanding bullet such as...
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hollow point and the bullet performs like a standard hollow-point, expanding ("mushrooming") to a larger diameter. These bullets possess the aerodynamics...
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order to stop a reversed bullet. The allies spread stories that reversed bullets were illegal, improvised, expanding bullets used by Germans against French...
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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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heavy, non-expanding bullet, the .44 Magnum will easily shoot through large game such as elk and even bison. The limiting factor is the bullet's trajectory:...
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.460 Weatherby Magnum (section Bullets)
DGX and similar toughly constructed expanding bullets are recommended. As with the solid bullets, expanding bullets for the cartridge should be rated to...
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Hollow point is a type of expanding bullet. Hollow Point may also refer to: Hollow Point (1996 film) FBI and DEA team up with hitman to foil mob boss Hollow...
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Handloading (redirect from Bullet swaging)
electroplated hollow point bullet (the Speer Gold Dot) Comparison Archived 2013-01-23 at archive.today of various 9×19mm expanding bullet loads, including the...
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(1806–1869) was an English inventor and gunmaker. He developed a self-expanding bullet in 1835, an electric lamp in 1846 (patent specification 11076 of that...
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do not specify the type of bullet to be used, Declaration III of the Hague Convention of 1899 prohibits the use of expanding ammunition in warfare by signatories...
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Winchester. The round quickly developed a reputation as a very effective expanding bullet. The alleged armor-piercing (AP) notion is urban legend, and was a...
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Bullet Club (バレットクラブ, Barettokurabu), stylized as BULLET CLUB and sometimes shortened to BC, is a professional wrestling stable primarily appearing in...
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Muzzle velocity (redirect from Bullet speed)
the need to adjust for range. A bullet, while moving through its barrel, is being pushed forward by the gas expanding behind it. This gas is created following...
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claims expanding use to regular troops supports the international law principles of preventing excessive collateral effects, since expanding bullets transfer...
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Rifle (section Bullet rotational speed (RPM))
врага «нелепыми» или забавными. "Bullet". Britannica. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2022. "Rifling: Expanding Bullets and the Minie Rifle". Firearms...
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armor-piercing bullet with hardened steel core SP-11 (7N28) – standard FMJ bullet with lead core SP-12 – low ricocheting, expanding bullet SP-13 (7BT3)...
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Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 (redirect from Declaration concerning the Prohibition of the Use of Expanding Bullets)
the Prohibition of the Use of Bullets which can Easily Expand or Change their Form inside the Human Body such as Bullets with a Hard Covering which does...
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survival issue .22 Hornet ammunition was loaded with soft-point expanding jacketed bullets, not complying with the Hague Convention. The United States was...
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appears in publications from Marvel Comics Dumdum bullet or Dum-dum, an obsolete design of expanding bullet Dum Dum Arsenal, the British India Army arsenal...
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Cartridge (firearms) (redirect from Bullet case)
between the projectile (e.g. bullet) and the case neck, the projectile will detach from the case and, pushed by the expanding high-pressure gases behind...
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Armor-piercing shell Breaching round Expanding bullet Full metal jacket bullet Handloading High-explosive incendiary Hollow-point bullet Howitzer International Ammunition...
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so-called "Dum-dum bullet", a soft-point bullet designed to mushroom on striking. This was the first in a series of expanding bullets developed by the British...
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