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A soft-point bullet, also known as a soft-nosed bullet, is a jacketed expanding bullet with a soft metal core enclosed by a stronger metal jacket left open at the forward tip. A soft-point bullet is i

Some soft point bullets have a more aerodynamic contour like these spitzer boat-tail bullets

.357 Magnum rounds. Left: Jacketed flat/soft point (JFP/JSP). Right: Jacketed hollow point (JHP). JSP is a semi-jacketed round as the jacket does not extend to the tip. The notches on the tip of the JHP assist in the expansion of the bullet on impact with soft tissue.

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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

Soft-point bullet

…A soft-point bullet (SP), also known as a soft-nosed bullet, is a jacketed expanding bullet with a soft metal core enclosed by a stronger metal jacket left open at the forward tip. A soft-point bullet is intended to expand upon striking flesh…

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