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  2. Hollow-point bullet - Wikipedia

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    After announcing consideration of using hollow point ammunition for side arms, with a possible start date of 2018, [10] the United States Army began production of M1153 special purpose ammunition for the 9×19mm Parabellum with a 147-grain (9.5 g) jacketed hollow point bullet at 962 feet (293 m) per second for use in situations where limited ...

  3. Soft-point bullet - Wikipedia

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    Right: Jacketed hollow point (JHP). JSP is a semi-jacketed round as the jacket does not extend to the tip. The notches on the tip of the JHP assist in the expansion of the bullet on impact with soft tissue. Jacketed flat point (JFP) may describe either soft-point or full metal jacket bullets with a flat, rather than a rounded front.

  4. Full metal jacket (ammunition) - Wikipedia

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    By design, fully jacketed projectiles have less capacity to expand after contact with the target than a hollow-point projectile or a soft-point projectile.While this can be an advantage when engaging targets behind cover, it can also be a disadvantage as an FMJ bullet may pierce completely through a target, leading to less severe wounding, and possibly failing to disable the target.

  5. Bullet - Wikipedia

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    A ballistic tip 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, allowing it to cut through the air more easily, and improves terminal ballistics by allowing the bullet to act as a jacketed hollow point. As a side effect, it also feeds better in ...

  6. Hydra-Shok - Wikipedia

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    Hydra-Shok is a type of hollow-point projectile made by Federal Premium Ammunition. It was originally patented by ammunition designer Tom Burczynski. Hydra-Shok was released in 1988 after the FBI requested a bullet with better terminal ballistics than traditional cup and core projectiles. [1]

  7. Expanding bullet - Wikipedia

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    Drawings from 1870 of a hollow point express rifle bullet before firing (1, 2) and after recovery from the game animal (3, 4, 5), showing expansion and fragmentation Leg wound by an expanding bullet Expanding bullets , also known colloquially as dumdum bullets , are projectiles designed to expand on impact .

  8. Terminal ballistics - Wikipedia

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    A soft lead bullet, or jacketed hollow-point bullet, or soft-point bullet will flatten out on impact (if the velocity at impact is sufficient to make it deform), spreading the impact over a larger area of the target, allowing more total force to be applied without damaging the steel target.

  9. .50 GI - Wikipedia

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    In one test, the 300 grain (19 g) jacketed flatpoint (JFP) gave a 25-yard group of 2.56 inches, and the 300-grain Jacketed hollow point (JHP) and 275-grain JHP gave a 25-yard group of 2.3 inches. [3] The penetration in gelatin (but not necessarily the kinetic energy) of the .50 GI is significantly different than the .45 ACP.