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From: well!pokey@lll-crg.llnl.gov (Jef Poskanzer)
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Subject: Re: Exploding bullets
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Date: 10 Jun 89 05:40:30 GMT
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From: well!pokey@lll-crg.llnl.gov (Jef Poskanzer)

In the referenced message, eos!eugene@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Eugene Miya) wrote:
}I would tend to doubt that the bullets specifically explode.
}There are lots of problems with these types of small munitions
}(See Day of the Jackel for one example).

Note that in the *book* _Day_of_the_Jackal_, the bullets were not
explosive.  They were merely partially filled with mercury.  An early
version of the Glaser Safety Slug.

By the way, in case anyone thinks that a real exploding bullet wouldn't
add enough energy to be useful: even a single gram of TNT-class explosive
in a typical 12-gram rifle bullet would double the energy delivered.
---
Jef

    Jef Poskanzer  pokey@well.sf.ca.us  {ucbvax, apple, hplabs}!well!pokey
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