Post by: bali
My split Nose design of handgun bullet is a solid copper hp, weighing 45 grs. It has a massive, conical hollowbase cavity and the center of the long axis is slit, from the nose almost to the bottom of the base cavity. It impacts of over 2000 fps, the bullet splits in half lengthwise, sending 2 sharp cornered "hard" (relative to lead) unstable segments yawing and tumbling thru the target. The wound tracks diverge, get 8-9" of penetration in animal chests. (3" barreled 9x21mm ...
My split Nose design of handgun bullet is a solid copper hp, weighing 45 grs. It has a massive, conical hollowbase cavity and the center of the long axis is slit, from the nose almost to the bottom of the base cavity. It impacts of over 2000 fps, the bullet splits in half lengthwise, sending 2 sharp cornered "hard" (relative to lead) unstable segments yawing and tumbling thru the target. The wound tracks diverge, get 8-9" of penetration in animal chests. (3" barreled 9x21mm ...