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From: pfeiffer@NMSU.Edu
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Subject: Re: glass targets, a no-no
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Date: 29 Jun 91 02:29:56 GMT
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<35817@mimsy.umd.edu> gozer!klm@uunet.UU.NET (Kevin L. McBride) writes:

#Fill the can with water and use hollow points.  The hollow point
#starts expanding in the water and dissipates a significant amount of
#energy.  The resulting explosion of the can and the spray of water is
#just as dramatic as glass, if not more so, and you only have to pick

Doing this with a 2 liter Coke bottle makes for a good demonstration.
Take your .223 out and try this with FMJ; you will find a neat little
hole in one side and the seam blown out.  It's very unimpressive.  Now
take that same weapon and put in soft-points:  BOOM!

-Joe.