Which bullet causes more damage?

Jacketed Hollow Point Bullets Jacketed hollow points are considerably more lethal than regular bullet ammunition. While hollow points have never caught on with regular military forces they are quite common in the self-defense market.

What’s the difference between a hollow point bullet and a regular bullet?

The main difference between the two is the presence of a cavity. Whereas a regular bullet is a smooth, dome-like shape, a hollow-point bullet has a hole at the top that varies in size. The purpose of the hole in a hollow-point bullet is to allow it to expand upon impact.

What type of bullet explodes on impact?

Expanding bullets, also known colloquially as dumdum bullets, are projectiles designed to expand on impact.

Why do hollow point bullets do more damage than regular bullets?

Under some circumstances, bullets which carry their own internal explosive charges may do more material damage than bullets which do not. Hollow-point bullets do a lot of damage because of the wound cavity that they create (this is why they were outlawed under the Hague Convention).

What happens when a bullet passes through a target?

A bullet that passes through a target may cause a fair bit of damage due to the ballistic cavity but still carry much of the energy and therefore damage out of the backside of the target. An interesting development is frangible bullets that shatter after a certain amount of penetration into a target.

How does an AR-15 bullet travel through the body?

It might pass through the body, only to become lodged in skin, which is surprisingly elastic. The bullet from an AR-15 does an entirely different kind of violence to the human body. It’s relatively small, but it leaves the muzzle at three times the speed of a handgun bullet. It has so much energy that it can disintegrate three inches of leg bone.

How dangerous is an AR-15 compared to a handgun?

The bullet from an AR-15 does an entirely different kind of violence to the human body. It’s relatively small, but it leaves the muzzle at three times the speed of a handgun bullet.