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dum-dums

Actually, when this subject first came up I wondered if "frangible"
simply wasn't a non-gun-freak's idea of a soft-nosed bullet.

What do coppers use in their Police Specials and (increasingly) Nines?
Are they brass-jacketed military rounds or soft-nosed? Seems to me the
latter would be much safer, and not just in hijacking scenarios. Plus
they would be far more likely to disable the bad guy.

I've often been amused by the thought that shooting at a man obliges
the shooter to use a brass-jacketed round, while shooting at a deer
obliges him to use soft-nosed shells (or a lead slug, in the county
where I live).

all the best -- Dan Ford
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