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Expanding bullets, also known colloquially 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, thus dealing more damage to a living target.
May 5, 2024 · Dum Dum ammo is a type of expanding bullet that is designed to mushroom upon impact, causing more extensive damage to a target. These bullets are primarily used by military and law enforcement agencies for maximum stopping power.
Aug 8, 2024 · Explore the dark history of the Dum-Dum bullet—how it revolutionized warfare, shattered bones, and was ultimately banned.
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Feb 19, 2021 · Dum dums consist of an ordinary copper jacketed lead bullet with the lead exposed at the nose, usually through a deep x-shaped cut in the nose. The theory is that upon impact, the lead...
Aug 6, 2004 · The 'dum-dum' was a British military bullet developed at the Dum-Dum Arsenal in India. It was used on the North West Frontier and the Sudan in the late 1890s. The dum-dum comprised a jacketed .303 round with the jacket nose left open to expose its lead core.
- I have also heard of a nasty variant of this. It a round with a long hole drilled down from the top of the apex, almost to the base. A piece of mer...
- The Cartridge SA Ball.303inch Cordite Mark II Special was approved for service in 1896 for use on the Northwest frontier in India However the Cartr...
- Although not officially used in the boer War... this commercial british Dum Dum was found in the brit positions on the Colesburg battlefield from t...
- 4 slits on the sides... front cut off and folded back...
- Eons ago growing up on the farm we used to be able to buy hollow point .22 caliber bullets for our rifles. We used these on the neighborhood gopher...
- what a great subject,been around ammo ever since a kid (until british gov. decided to put restrictions in place ),used allsorts of stuff including...
- Ouch! That must still hurt a fair bit! Is my impression that german soldiers back in the 2ww had a booklet with some regulations that specified tha...
- Jim Seems redundant to me: "You fire what we issue you, Private!" I doubt many dum-dums were issued in this century but some guys probably did "fie...
- I have edited a couple of posts out of this topic as they were going a little bit off thread and to tell you the truth some things are best left we...
- Explosive bullets was the term for these was'nt it? Also against the convention (poisonous too), I was unaware of "homemade" ones, but there were c...
Aug 22, 2009 · The 'dum-dum' was a British military bullet developed for use in India - at the Dum-Dum Arsenal - on the North West Frontier in the late 1890s.
Dec 20, 2009 · Dum-Dum Bullets. During the 1880's, bullet design was reaching it's limits. The lead alloys then used could only be pushed so fast, as the lead would strip off and foul the bore. The need for speed was to flatten the trajectory of the bullet, which sailed in a huge arc over large distances.
