Frangible bullet
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frangible-bullet-195-5126771
title:
Frangible bullet
text:
Frangible bullets are intended to disintegrate into tiny particles upon target impact to minimize their penetration of other objects. Small particles are slowed more rapidly by air resistance, and are less likely to cause injury or damage to persons and objects distant from the point of bullet impact. Most frangible bullets are subject to brittle failure upon striking a hard target. This mechanism has been used to minimize the tendency of malleable lead and copper bullets to ricochet from hard t
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Bullets designed to reduce ricochet risk
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frangible_bullet
date created:
date modified:
2024-03-27T20:47:59Z
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