"thunder" wrote in message
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On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:39:30 +0000, Bill McKee wrote:


And loaded with wad cutters with the hollow bottom. With the bullet
upside down. Otherwise you kill some poor neighbor 3 houses away after
the bullet has gone through the intruder and a few walls.

Anyone familiar with frangible bullets? I'm guessing that's what the Air
Marshals were using.

http://www.frangiblebullets.com/

They use something like that, although not necessarily from that
manufacturer, and they don't concern themselves with the lead-free aspect.
Glaser makes one called the Safety Slug, designed to disintegrate completely
in the body and not pass through. And, Remington's versions are more
traditional hollow points which tend not to pass through, either. It's a
matter of matching exactly the right ammo with the gun in question, in order
to achieve the right velocity to produce good expansion.