What is the informal term for a bullet with a hollowed tip so as to increase spread and damage on impact?
Hollow-base bullet developing a hollow-base bullet was to improve utility of muzzleloaded blackpowder rifles. Hollow-base bullet A hollow-base bullet is an expanding bullet that has a pit or hollowed out shape in its base often intended to cause the bullet to expand upon firing a cartridge in order to expand the base against the barrel grooves and obturate the bullet more as it travels through the barrel. It is also used for improved aerodynamic stability and accuracy as hollow-base bullets are usually front-weighted which enhances their aerodynamic stability. Two men have been credited of the invention of the hollow-base bullet: Captain Claude-Étienne
Bullet 1901, for the French Lebel Model 1886 rifle. A ballistic tip bullet is a hollow-point rifle bullet that has a plastic tip on the end of the bullet itself. This improves external ballistics by streamlining the bullet, allowing it to cut through the air more easily, and improves terminal ballistics by allowing the bullet to act as a JHP on impact. As a side effect, it also feeds better in weapons that have trouble feeding rounds that are not FMJ rounds. Bullet designs have to solve two primary problems. In the barrel, they must first form a seal with the