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22 lr exploding tips

tazzer
anyone here of a 22 lr that explodes with hits the target ????
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  • fishermanben
    you'd need nitro to get much of an explosion. Realistically, how much "explosive" could a .22 projectile hold?

    Ben
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  • zipperzap
    Thermonuclear warhead ... if the cartridge was big enough.[:o)]
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  • gjshaw
    No I have never heard of 22's exploding but I did do some milling of flat bottom holes on 44 mag's and shotgun slugs and put primers in the milled out, flat bottom holes and when they hit , they did explode.
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  • zipperzap
    We used to do the same thing with b/p .44s fired from a model Rem. 1858.
    We also used to use a drop of mercury sealed (epoxy) in the tip of rifle
    bullets - and it was impressive - environmentally hostile, though, by today's
    standards!
    [:D]
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  • gruntled
    The man who tried to kill Reagan used .22s that were supposed to explode.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_assassination_attempt
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  • gecko45
    quote:Originally posted by fishermanben
    you'd need nitro to get much of an explosion. Realistically, how much "explosive" could a .22 projectile hold?

    Ben


    or load them with hot sauce
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  • bpost
    They sold them for years. They were called "Devastators" the idea was a small charge of percussion sensitive powder exploded when the bullet hit something solid.

    They failed to go off when it hit Regan in the ribs. I don't know if the one that hit James Brady exploded or not. From his survival I would assume it also failed to detonate.

    AND; it is not a "tip" it is a bullet. Calling bullets "tips" is wrong in more ways than one.

    One round contains a bullet, propellant and primer contained in a case.
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  • zipperzap
    bpost1958

    AND; it is not a "tip" it is a bullet. Calling bullets "tips" is wrong in more ways than one.

    When did they stop putting tips on bullets? Where are the indentations put now
    on hollow points?

    ... man, get a little older, slow down a bit and new technology just races by!
    [;)][;)][;)]
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  • Captplaid
    Remington made a 22lr rifle that exploded at the receiver, but I don't think they exploded at the tip.
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  • tazzer
    quote:Originally posted by gruntled
    The man who tried to kill Reagan used .22s that were supposed to explode.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_assassination_attempt

    I read the link and that is what these 22 are Devastator 22 lr
    I had a friend that had a pack of 6 he got from a gun shop some time back and he stoped by yesterday and showed me the pack and even gave me two of them to try out.
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  • buschmaster
    quote:Originally posted by Captplaid
    Remington made a 22lr rifle that exploded at the receiver, but I don't think they exploded at the tip.[:D][:D][:D]
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  • HappyNanoq
    Have drilled the projectile with a 3-3.5mm drillbit - and filled it with powdered matchheads, stomped it good and tight, then sealed with wax...

    Oh boy ... sometimes they gave impressive noise.
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  • Txs
    quote:Originally posted by HappyNanoq
    Have drilled the projectile with a 3-3.5mm drillbit - and filled it with powdered matchheads, stomped it good and tight, then sealed with wax...

    Oh boy ... sometimes they gave impressive noise.
    When I was a kid my buddies and I used to drop one of those big old strike-anywhere wooden matches down the bore of our Daisy BB guns. Made a cool pop when fired at a hard surface.
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  • Laredo Lefty
    I tested some exploding handgun ammo for my department back in the 80's. Not for duty guns.

    They were made by "Velet" and appeared to have a primer set into the hollowpoint bullet and probably some powder below the primer.

    They were only reliable on hard targets, and sometimes would not "go off" on soft targets.
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  • JamesRK
    Don't put much faith in anything you get from news reporters about bullets. To them an exploding bullet, fragmenting bullet, frangible bullet, armor piercing bullet, tracer and hollow point are all interchangeable words.

    The Devastator (now only available to law enforcement) was developed in the 1970s to reduce the possibility of penetrating the skin of an aircraft when taking out a hijacker. The reporters would have you believe you could blow up a car with them. The lawmakers, being loyal consumers of the written word, have saved us from that terrible evil.
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