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This comment is all sorts of wrong. Military "bullets" (they're called rounds, actually) are designed to be optimized for performance in a warfare environment.
by remarkEon 6y ago
This comment is all sorts of wrong.
Military "bullets" (they're called rounds, actually) are designed to be optimized for performance in a warfare environment. That means accuracy, and range. A hollow point round is design to expand and be a stopping shot - with one round - and not continue to travel large distances, which puts other people at risk. Cops can carry those because if they're in a crowded environment firing a hollow point round at a threat means less risk to anyone else who isn't a threat.
>There are all sorts of international agreements on not using certain types of things in war - types of bullets are no exception.
Yeah no one will care about this once an actual near-peer war kicks off.
- dmoy 6y agoA bullet is a bullet, a round refers to the whole package - bullet, powder, case, etc. I'm referring to just the bullet part. You're probably right on overpenetration though. > accuracy For accuracy up to a few hundred rounds you likely want boat tail hollow point, not a steel penetrator. Just look at the loads for prs, cmp, etc. Military bullets are not made to be the most accurate. > Yeah no one will care about this once an actual near-peer war kicks off. Probably right, though restrictions on bullet types have been around for like over a hundred years, and most modern US bullets adhere to the spirit of that. It's also worth pointing out that there are a whole bunch of those international agreements that the US hasn't signed. Cluster bombs, for example.
- dmoy 6y agofew hundred yards, not rounds... also more like several hundred