Completely and totally off-topic and without any merit whatsoever

[Pete Turnbull]

On Sep 7 2004, 14:35, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Pete Turnbull wrote:
>
> > Well, whatever you do, don't try putting it in hollowed-out .357
magnum
> > bullets, nor even .38 specials.  It's illegal, and no fun at all.
>
> Is that a veiled suggestion?  If so, what is the result (besides
internal
> Hg poisoning, let alone internal bleeding, tissue damage, etc.)?

Try it on a watermelon or a gallon plastic container full of water and
you'll see.  If you use a normal .38 special, it will make a hole (the
plastic container would leak, from one or more likely two small holes).
 A hollow-point round will make it shatter -- the hollow point expands
and more energy is transferred into the target, more quickly.  A Glaser
safety slug will make it explode, and a mercury-filled round has a
similar effect.



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Pete						Peter Turnbull
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						University of York