Disintegration or deformation projectile?

With hunting ammunition, it is essential that the projectile has as much destructive effect as possible after penetrating the game body. Ideally, the game should be shot quickly and painlessly and come to rest at the point of impact without any escape route. On the other hand, the projectile should still have enough residual energy to be rejected - i.e. not to release all its energy in the game body. Bullets which fulfill this purpose can be summarized under the term expanding bullets . These are partial jacket, partial fragmentation and deformation bullets as well as deformation bullets of monolithic construction. Abroad,full metal jacket bul lets are sometimes used for hunting, but in our country they are used almost exclusively for hunting predatory game.

Expanding bullets increase their cross-section in a controlled manner after impact in order to develop a high energy output in the game body. At the same time, they are intended to ensure depth effect and rejection.

Partial jacketed bullets

Partial jacketed bullets are very popular with hunters, mainly because they are traditional and usually relatively inexpensive. However, these bullets often fragment in the game body, sometimes before reaching the vital organs. Heavy partial jacket bullets are long, fly relatively slowly, and have a high cross-sectional load, which means they do not immediately fragment in the game body. Lighter weight bullets fly faster and must be built more sturdily to avoid shattering immediately upon impact with the high impact. Therefore, the laboratory finish should be consistent with the caliber. As a rule of thumb: Do not use bullets that are too light in strong (or even magnum) calibers.

Partial fragmentation bullets

A partial fragmentation bullet consists of two parts, the front one of which breaks into several fragments on impact. The remaining rear part of the bullet, also called the "bullet pin," is supposed to continue flying in a mass-stable manner and provide for rejects from the game body. In theory, the bullet pin penetrating the game body should create a suction that sucks the fragments out of the game body. In practice, however, fragments of the projectile may remain in the game carcass. Because of this, and because the depth effect achieved by the bullet pin is controversial among hunters, partial fragmentation bullets are the least used bullets. In addition, they are often associated with excessive game debris.

Deformation bullets

Deformation bullets are bonded jacket-core designs. The bonding ensures that the jacket and core are firmly bonded and do not separate from each other in the game body. The bullet is mass-stable, so it remains in one piece and mushrooms as it penetrates the game body.

Monolithic bullets are bullets whose core (with or without lead) consists of one piece. There are also two-chamber bullets, in which there are two lead cores in the bullet jacket. The front core is welded to the jacket and mushrooms in a controlled manner up to the center web. The rear lead core, however, is not bonded to the jacket and, due to inertia, sucks itself forward on impact in the jacket, which increases the mushrooming of the bullet.