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/u/BlueBeanstalk on ELI5: Hollow Point Bullets vs Normal Point?
To expand (hah) on this a bit more, LEO's are trained to neutralize a threat, not shoot to wound. Shooting to wound would probably want to use a less damaging munition in order to cause the least...
/u/specializedinfo on ELI5: Hollow Point Bullets vs Normal Point?
Reading through some wounding ballistics literature (Fackler, etc.), the simple act of being shot is not enough to guarantee a stop. The only way to guarantee a stop, IIRC, are: A hit to the cent...
/u/Lost_Thought on ELI5: Hollow Point Bullets vs Normal Point?
Since it came up, some more misconceptions about hollow points: > LAW ENFORCEMENT DON'T USE HOLLOW POINTS BECAUSE OF THEIR STOPPING > POWER Yes, they do. When using a handgun and ex...
/u/Lost_Thought on ELI5: Hollow Point Bullets vs Normal Point?
You are welcome. In case you have future questions along these lines, /r/guns as twice weekly threads for questions like this. (Mondays and Thursdays)
/u/ on ELI5: Hollow Point Bullets vs Normal Point?
Good answer, very informative. Thank you.
/u/Sandbocks on ELI5: Hollow Point Bullets vs Normal Point?
Hollow point = more damage to the intended target and safer to those around the target or behind a barrier (less "penetration"). Self defense and police round. Police use them because they are le...
/u/Lost_Thought on ELI5: Hollow Point Bullets vs Normal Point?
HOLLOW POINTS What are they? They are bullets with a hollow in the point, designed to expand on impact. Why do they do that? There are a number of reasons: this expansion maximizes the...
/u/14hertzerc on ELI5: Hollow Point Bullets vs Normal Point?
hollow point bullets have a hollowed out tip at the end of the round that spreads upon impact. It decreases penetration and increases damage to surface area (such as tissue) as it passes through ...
/u/ on ELI5: Hollow Point Bullets vs Normal Point?
And the answer given was accessible by laymen. This quotation also does not support your original mention of five-year-olds.
/u/Relaxed_Meat on ELI5: Hollow Point Bullets vs Normal Point?
Hollow points are made to make big holes in things. Regular points are made to put holes through things.
/u/shapu on ELI5: Hollow Point Bullets vs Normal Point?
Two benefits: 1) Hollowpoints expand when they strike a target. This expansion (really, pancaking) makes the damage that they do significantly worse, because a big flat bullet passing through som...
/u/Salacious- on ELI5: Hollow Point Bullets vs Normal Point?
> LI5 means friendly, simplified and layman-accessible explanations
/u/WalkingTarget on ELI5: Hollow Point Bullets vs Normal Point?
The difference in shape causes the bullets to deform differently once they hit a target. A standard bullet doesn't "mushroom" out as much, thus does less damage and has more of a chance of going ...
/u/heruskael on ELI5: Hollow Point Bullets vs Normal Point?
> ELI5 is not for literal five-year olds.
/u/Salacious- on ELI5: Hollow Point Bullets vs Normal Point?
Remember that we're explaining for five years old.
/u/heruskael on ELI5: Hollow Point Bullets vs Normal Point?
A hollow point won't penetrate as deeply, the lack of a pointy or rounded tip will increase the chance of it catching. The high speed, when it catches, will make the round mushroom or fragment, d...