Any bullet fired at the high velocity of a .223 will
fragment when it
enters something solid, except those
bullets which are steel-jacketed. In other
words, all
bullets are just as damaging as the ones Lanza used UNLESS
they are
specifically designed to do something different.
Check out this
article from "Guns and Ammo" magazine
about how .223
ammunition works.
Hollow-point bullets and shotgun deer
slugs are designed to
fragment upon entry, but those are usually fired at lower
velocities and need the hollow point to initiate the
fragmentation. The
article above points out that even
hollow-point bullets will clog up on
entering something
solid and will act just like a round-nose bullet at the
velocities of a .223.
And, just for fun. 'cause you can't make this stuff
up, and
truth is stranger than fiction, I submit this story,
which proves nothing, but would be hilarious
if it weren't
so sad. --- Userfriendly on WGA server outage:
When you're chained to an oar you don't think you should go down when the galley
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