What are dum dum bullets?

Answer 1

Dum-dum or dumdum is the colloquial name for several types of expanding bullets used in ammunition for firearms. A normal (jacketed) round that has had notches cut across the top is one early example. The effect is that the bullet deforms and often fragments upon impact along the cross indentation. This creates a larger wound channel, with multiple wound channels, and greater blood loss and trauma.

click here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dum-dum

Answer 2

Originally the term "dum dum" referred to a bullet that had a cross cut into the nose. The purpose was to cause the bullet to fragment upon impact. As a result of the Geneva Convention it became illegal to use it in combat because it was considered inhumane. This is where the full metal jacket became the standard bullet for combat. In more recent times,. the term dum dum has become synonymous with any bullet which is intended to upset or fragment upon impact. Often people will call a wadcutter or a hollow point bullet a dum dum. This is not correct but the term is often misued in this way.

Answer 3

You made my day! I haven't heard that term since the early Sixties! A 'dum-dum' bullet is a soft lead bullet with a hard lead core. The idea is that when shot the hard lead core would continue plowing through flesh and bone while the soft outer core would tend to 'shed,' expanding and doing 'a lot of damage.' It was considered inhumane and a lot of old hard-boiled detective dime novels featured the use of dum-dum bullets in the 'bad' guy's old.38 Special. The 'good' guy usually carried his trusty 'dick special' also in .38 Special loaded with regular ammo. Since you didn't know what a dum-dum is, you probably are not familiar with the term "dick special;" that is a Colt Detective Special 2" barrel revolver.

Today dum-dum is a passé term for any expanding bullet.

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Answer 4

Er, no. Dum Dum bullets were unjacketed lead rounds produced by the Dum Dum Arsenal in India during the late 19th century. If I remember right, they were used by the British Army to put down the Sepoy Mutiny. Dum Dum bullets, because they are soft, expand on impact, rendering vicious wounds. Modern HP (Hollowpoint) designs are MUCH more efficient at maintaining better flight characteristics and imparting kinetic energy to the target. Firing unjacketed lead rounds out of a weapon at just leaves lead residue in the rifling of the barrel (gradually ruining it) and because the round itself lacks decent AP (armor-piercing) characteristics, firing it at body armor is meaningless. As for where and how a Dum Dum bullet would land, that's a physics problem. This is one of the more retarded Questions I have read today.

Answer 5

Brittle bullets that are designed to break up on impact.
They do not go through bone and make a large wound.

Killers like them because the bullet can't be traced back to the the gun.

A form of dum dum is used by air marshals so that a bullet will not penetrate the cabin. Glaser Safety Slug is an example.http://www.dakotaammo.net/products/glaser/glaser.htm

Answer 6

As Wikipedia says, "Dum-dum or dumdum is the colloquial name for several types of expanding bullets used in ammunition for firearms. "

They are named after the Dumdum armory where they realized that leaving the jacket off the tip of the bullets would make them more lethal to the tribesmen who were having the impertinence not to fall down when shot.

Answer 7

They are bullets which open outward on impact to cause greater harm and make them more difficult to remove

Answer 8

1. Hollow points.

2. Really stupid bullets. (See "who Framed Roger Rabbit"

Answer 9

bullets with retards for targets...lmao, lol, sorry, that's so cruel it's funny

Answer 10

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