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  2. Hollow-point bullet - Wikipedia

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    JSP is a semi-jacketed round as the jacket does not extend to the tip Various hollow points: .45 Auto, .38 Special, .44 S&W Special, .44 Remington Magnum.45 ACP Federal HST 230gr hollow point cartridge, with two rounds of CCI Standard Velocity .22 LR for comparison purposes.40 S&W round, complete cartridge and expanded bullet A 9mm hollow point ...

  3. .45 ACP - Wikipedia

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    The .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol), also known as .45 Auto, .45 Automatic, or 11.43×23mm [1] is a rimless straight-walled handgun cartridge designed by John Moses Browning in 1904, for use in his prototype Colt semi-automatic pistol. After successful military trials, it was adopted as the standard chambering for Colt's M1911 pistol. [2]

  4. Hydra-Shok - Wikipedia

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    The Hydra-Shok bullet features a hollow-point construction which contains a distinctive central post in the base of the hollow. This design makes such bullets easily identifiable in autopsy examinations of gunshot victims. [2] The manufacturer stated that the scored jacket and center post design provide a "programmed" expansion.

  5. Plastic-tipped bullet - Wikipedia

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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 plastic tip drives into the hollow point upon impact, causing the bullet to expand, which increases lethality.

  6. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    Point of impact: The exact place at which a bullet hits its target. Ported chamber: A barrel chamber with pressure relief ports that allows gas to leak around the cartridge during extraction. Basically the opposite of a fluted chamber as it is intended for the cartridge to stick to the chamber wall making a slight delay of extraction.

  7. List of .45 caliber handguns - Wikipedia

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    DOSS SH.A.R. Psh-45 DOSS SH.A.R. .45 ACP Ukraine: FitzGerald Special: Colt USA .45 ACP United States: 1926 FN FNP: FNH USA: 9×19mm Parabellum.40 S&W.45 ACP.357 SIG Belgium United States: 2006 FN FNX: FNH USA: 9×19mm Parabellum.40 S&W.45 ACP Belgium United States: 2009 FP-45 Liberator: General Motors Guide Lamp Division .45 ACP United States ...

  8. Rimfire ammunition - Wikipedia

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    A rim-fire (or rimfire) is a type of metallic cartridge used in firearms where the primer is located within a hollow circumferential rim protruding from the base of its casing. When fired, the gun's firing pin will strike and crush the rim against the edge of the barrel breech, sparking the primer compound within the rim, and in turn ignite the ...

  9. 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 .