Various bullets which are used in ballistics are explained with their composition.

1. TYPES OF BULLETS
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2. BULLET
• A bullet is a kinetic projectile and the
component of firearm ammunition that
is expelled from the gun barrel during
shooting.
• Bullets are made of a variety of
materials such as copper, lead, steel,
polymer, rubber and even wax.

3. FULL METAL JACKET (FMJ)
They are usually pointy, round, or
even flat. Wound channels are
typically small and go through a
target.
Great for the range but not
preferred for defensive rounds.

5. HOLLOW POINT BULLET
• Hollow points are made to expand
once they hit something. They are
the go-to round for police officers,
concealed weapon carriers, and home
defence guns because of their
stopping power.

7. OPEN TIP BULLETS
•Open-tip bullets look like hollow
points since they have an opening
at the top, but this is more
because of their manufacturing
process. The openings are too
small to expand effectively.

9. BALLISTIC TIP
•This is what you get when you
combine the aerodynamics of an
FMJ with the stopping power of a
hollow point. This is a hollow
point covered with plastic to
mimic the profile of an
FMJ. They are usually used in
hunting.

11. SOFT POINT BULLET
•In soft point bullets, part of the
lead is exposed at the tip. The
softer lead is designed to flatten
better when the bullet hits a
target. But for the most part,
ballistic tips have surpassed the
performance of soft points.

13. INCENDIARY BULLET
• These bullets are made with an
explosive or flammable mixture in the
tip that is designed to ignite on
contact with a target. The intent is
to ignite fuel or munitions in the
target area, thereby adding to the
destructive power of the bullet itself.

15. EXPLODING BULLET
• Similar to the incendiary bullet, this type
of projectile is designed to explode upon
hitting a hard surface, preferably the bone
of the intended target. Not to be mistaken
for cannon shells or grenades with fuse
devices, these bullets have only a cavity
filled with a small amount of low explosive
depending on the velocity and deformation
upon impact to detonate. Exploding bullets
have been used on various aircraft machine
guns and on anti materiel rifles.

17. TRACER BULLET
• These have a hollow back, filled with
a flare material. Usually this is a
mixture of magnesium metal, a per
chlorate, and strontium salts to yield
a bright red color, although other
materials providing other colours have
also sometimes been used.

19. ARMOR PIERCING BULLET
• Jacketed designs where the core
material is a very hard, high-density
metal such as tungsten, tungsten
carbide, depleted uranium, or steel.

21. DUM DUM BULLET
• These are projectiles designed to
expand on impact, increasing in
diameter to limit penetration and/or
produce a larger diameter wound for
faster incapacitation.

23. SWAGED LEAD BULLET
• In ammunition manufacture, swaged
bullets are bullets manufactured by
compressing metal at room
temperature into a die to form it into
the shape of a bullet.

25. WIRE PATCHED BULLET
• A wire patched bullet is a cast lead
bullet wrapped with wire on the
bearing surface to strengthen the
bullet and permit higher velocities
without stripping or leading the bore.

27. WADCUTTER BULLET
• A wadcutter is a special-purpose flat-
fronted bullet specifically designed
for shooting paper targets, usually at
close range.

29. RUBBER BULLET
• They are intended to be a non-lethal
alternative to metal projectiles.

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