Expanding bullets, also known as dumdum bullets, are projectiles designed to expand on impact. This causes the bullet to increase in diameter, to combat over-penetration and produce a larger wound, th
Leg wound by an expanding bullet
Composite image of the British Medical Journal article describing Capt Bertie-Clay's new type of bullet (British Medical Journal 1896;2:1810)
German WWI propaganda: French Dum-Dum bullets (c. 1916)
Expanded .458 hunting round (next to a Ugandan 500-shilling coin [23.5 mm diameter] for size reference), after killing an African buffalo
The.45 ACP, also known as.45 Auto,.45 Automatic, or 11.43×23mm is a rimless straight-walled handgun cartridge designed by John Moses Browning in 1904, for use in his prototype Colt semi-automatic pist
.45 ACP cartridge full metal jacket
Cross-sectional diagram of U.S. Army .45 ACP ball cartridge for the Model 1911 pistol, with dimensions in inches
11.43x23 mm Automatic Colt Pistol Mod. 1911 (Peters Cartridge Co, USA)