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Originally Posted by timmgirvan
hollow points used to be called "cop-killers". The hollows hit the target and spread out through the target, thus doing more damage!
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Actually "cop killers" are bullets that can penetrate body armour, they are strictly illegal. A hollow point is just as the name implies, the tip of the bullet is removed and the top hollowed out, when they strike they do indeed mushroom out, they can enter the body the size of a dime or less and mushroom to a huge area, usually they don't pass completely through the body rather do maximum damage internally, if they do exit, you can drive a truck through the opening they leave. I'm not sure of the legality of these but they should be illegal...they are useless in hunting (destroy the meat), their only value is to kill people. I once owned a 38 pistol and the guy who sold it to me gave me a box of 357 cal hollowpoints with it (you can fire 357 loads from a 38)...they were hand loads (he loaded them himself). I fired a few into a target...frightening to say the least. A shot even in an arm or leg with a bullet like that can kill.