VH>JS>flame up when shot with a .22, I guess the mercury acts as an oxidizer 
or
VH>JS>accelerant.
VH>Here's the problem -- what is the .22 Hornet designed for shooting?
VH>Woodchucks, of course -- lightly built animals.  The bullet is ALREADY
VH>designed to open up rapidly.
I understand that, but consider the target: the skull.  Assuming he is 
not going to get a glancing blow, which will probably bounce off 
regardless of design, all that has to be punched through is less than a 
¬" of flesh and ¬" of bone.  Possible «" of fat too, in the case of 
DeGaulle.  But after that, it's about 82% liquid.  If going for a flesh 
shot, yeah, have it open a bit slower than normal.  But even the biggest 
head is going to have less than a foot at maximum to penetrate.
VH>Now, what's the point of switching to a more heavily-constructed, robust
VH>target, and modifying the bullet to open up even FASTER?
VH>We already know that using a .22 Hornet with ordinary softpoint or
VH>hollowpoint bullets on a deer would likely result in a wounded and lost
VH>deer -- so clearly, using even more fragile bullets on a man would be
Excepting headshots of course.  :-)
Now.  If the Jackal had really know his stuff, he'd have taken a heavy
barreled .40S&W carbine and....  
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