-=> Quoting A. Martin to Jeff Tapke <=-
 AM> Jeff Tapke wrote in a message to Rich Willbanks:
 
 JT> Suffice to say that if you're familar with how damn hard it
 JT> can be to kill a opposum, 
 AM> You Yankees must have some awful big 'possums up dare.  Why I could
 AM> feed all da kin foke wit wun a dem!  Actually, never had a problem
 AM> dispatching an opposum with a couple .22 hollow points.  Now attack
 AM> rabbits are a different story.
 AM> Jeff, 230 grain .45 within pistol range is going put down any varmit. 
 
 JT> I shot this one _once_ and it was as if someone had put an M-80 
 JT> or a cherry bomb in it's body cavity, this thing blew UP!! 
 
  Now, with the same bullet placement using regular JHP and FMJ, what's
 AM> the comparison.
The expolding bullets were designed to cause violent rapid expansion.
To answer your question, probably not much.  I finally found out how
them make them.  Its just like a handgun cartridge.  Some kind of
explosive, like hot gunpowder in the JHC, and sealed with a primer and
shellac.
High velocity has the same effect.  I guess its better for the slower
calibers.
... My computer isn't that nervous, it's just a bit ANSI.
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