</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by lugerholsterrepair:
<strong>The truncated cone was seen by the Allies as a "Dum-Dum" bullet and this was one of the reasons the german Military was anxious about it's use. Jerry Burney</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Dear Jerry:
Truncated cone bullets are designed to tip upon contact with a solid object. This was, and still is, a fantastic man stopping design!!
Let's see, the British lightened their .303 bullets in the frontal area with aluminum so that they would tip upon contact. That surely would have made a hell of a mess!!
Our own 5.56 M-16 round was made to do the same thing by a rifling twist that would not stabilize it.
It seems that the bullet un-stabilization trick is an old one, and that everyone has used it.
Bob
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