What does it mean when a bullet has full metal jacket? Is it more deadly with or with out?
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A full metal jacket (or FMJ) is a bullet encased in a copper alloy such as gilding metal, cupronickel, or a steel alloy shell. This shell can extend around all of the bullet or often just the front and sides with the rear left as exposed lead. The jacket allows for higher muzzle velocities than bare lead without depositing significant amounts of metal in the bore. It also prevents damage to bores from steel or armor piercing core materials... Full metal jacket ammunition is acceptable for military use by the countries that signed the Hague Convention of 1899, which prohibits the use of hollow point or expanding bullets in war between the countries which signed that agreement... Source and photos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_metal_jacket_bullet As for the movie of the same title: Full Metal Jacket (1987) is an Oscar-nominated Stanley Kubrick film based on the novel "The Short-Timers" by Gustav Hasford. The title refers to the type of ammunition used by infantry riflemen. The film portrays the urban Vietnam War fought by the U.S. Marines. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Metal_Jacket
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The full metal jacket are the bullits to be used under the Geneva convention, the bullits are designed to not expanded like a hollow points that are used for hunting. Full metal jackets are supposed to go right through wounding the combatant, taking out two soldiers to pack the man off the battle field, loaded on to helicopters and then out. Full metal Jacket means a solid bullit that does not break up on impact.
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yeah hollow point is worse
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