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To: Myrddin
It's illegal for use in combat per the Geneva Convention. Geneva requires FMJ.

That's not correct.

Firstly, the Hague Conventions, not the Geneva Conventions, govern The Use of Bullets Which Expand or Flatten Easily in the Human Body.

Secondly, the 168gr HPBT favored by long range rifle competitors and military snipers is NOT banned by the Hague Convention, as it does not appreciably expand on impact. The hollow point is nearly microscopic, and collapses rather than expanding.

86 posted on 09/15/2012 9:00:18 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard
I agree. The 168 gr HPBT is really just a spire point bullet elongated by virtue of the hollow cavity. That allows/encourages a faster twist rate and better flight characteristics.
92 posted on 09/15/2012 9:50:56 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: ArrogantBustard
Firstly, the Hague Conventions, not the Geneva Conventions, govern The Use of Bullets Which Expand or Flatten Easily in the Human Body.

Frankly, if it reaches that point, I'm not observing any conventions.

Let them disappear from the face of the earth, by any means necessary.

They'd do the same for us.

118 posted on 09/17/2012 4:50:47 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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