[Texas Fossil]

Had not thought about that, but it is true.

The bullet Hinkley used was not a normal 22.

https://www.guns.com/news/2011/10/10/the-attempted-assassination-of-ronald-reagan-the-event-the-men-and-the-gun

https://firequest.com/DV22.html

The explosive tip on this bullet did not detonate from what I read.

[Blood of Tyrants]

From what I have heard, the bullet hit the side of the Beast and flattened into a disk that glanced off and hit Reagan.