Full metal jacketed bullets

A test was conducted to determine the weight loss of some bullets after discharge. Results are given in Table 20.3. From the limited experimental data it would appear that, as expected, the full metal jacketed bullets lose less than the soft unjacketed bullets. The FMJ bullet with its base enclosed lost less than its equivalent with its base exposed. This is also predictable as the exposed base is subject to erosion during discharge. The. 38 SPL + P unjacketed bullet... 

For each firing test, the same type of projectile was used (9 mm Full Metal Jacket) and the impact velocity was measmed precisely with an error of 5 m/s. The different locations of the ammunition hits can be observed in the front view of the body armour (Fig. 8.18) and inversely in the back view of the body armour (Fig. 8.19). When the bullet is stopped by the vest, the plastiline is deformed due... 

Figure 1 A full metal jacketed 9 mm bullet fired Into a cast panel of pDCPD cured using the first-generation Grubbs catalyst, demonstrating the exceptional toughness of pDCPD (viewed on edge, thickness of 1.5 In).

Conventional bullets are full metal jacketed the lead core of the bullet is completely surrounded by a metal casing (Fig. 3.1). This is intended to produce a predictable wound without unnecessary wounding potential. 

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