SH> Explosive rounds, as far as rifles/pistols are
 SH> concerned, aren't explosive, in the strictest sense.
JT> There are some that are.  If shot at night, you see the nice
JT> white flash when it hits, and goes boom.
        There are many misconceptions surrounding "exploding bullets".
Often, light weight, very frangible "varmint" bullets are described
as "exploding", but this is not due to any explosive compound embedded
in the bullet but rather its violent decentigration because of very
high velocities and hard impact.  Those bullets that have been
manufactured with explosive compounds in the nose often do not
meet what we would consider "explosive" levels.  The intention of
the explosive compound is to merely start the expansion process of
the hollow pointed bullets, thereby in theory, increasing the expansion
reliability.  The small relative size of bullets found in handguns and
rifles precludes them from being capable of carrying enough explosive
to do much else.  It is possible that very powerful explosives could
be used to overcome the size problem, but most explosives capable
of such power are also very stable and impact alone would not be
enough to ignite them.  I have several articles on this subject
that I can look for if anyone is interested.
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