Types of Bullet

Various bullet types depending upon their shapes, composition, etc.

1. ...TYPES OF BULLET... SUBMITTED BY :- Akshita Sharma SUBMITTED TO :- Ketan sir

2. WHAT IS BULLET? A bullet is a kinetic projectile and the component of firearm ammunition that is expelled from the gun barrel during shooting . Bullets are made of a variety of materials such as copper, lead, steel, polymer, rubber and even wax.Bullets are made in a large number of shapes and constructions depending on the intended applications, including specialized functions such as hunting, target shooting, training and combat.

3. TYPES OF BULLET... (on the basis of their manufacturing Unjacketted bullet :- This type of bullets are . Made up of lead which has been hardened by adding some other metals. Because, of their soft nature they are also known as "soft bullets". 2.Jacketed bullet :- Bullets of this type consist of a Metallic jacket with a lead core or at times, with lead core and aluminium tip. Jackets are provided to prevent bullets from getting dishaped . Its of 2 Types:-Full Metal Jacket bullet, semi metal jacket bullet .

4. 3. Wire-patched bullets :- This type of bullet consist o f a tight envelope of metallic wire usually made up of copper. 4. Paper-patched bullets :- paper was used as j acket for the lead bullet . M etal-patch bullet :-This type 0f bullet is having a metal cup over the base & extended forward over that portion of the bullet which bears against the riffling. `` 5.Armour piercing bullet :- This is a non-lead bullet & is made from a tungsten chromium steel core pointed at one end & enclosed in a mid-steel jacket. 6.Tracer bullet :- A tracer bullet contains a combustible material inside the jacket at its base.

5. Wire-patched bullet . Paper patched bullet. Armour piercing bullet . Tracer bullet.

6. 7. Incendiary bullet :- Bullets of this type contai n highly combustible material which is capable of starting fire after an impact. Such bullets are extremely dangerous & a great care should be exercised in handling these. 8. Dum-Dum bullets :-It's a fully jacketed bullet. It's used in British adopted riffle 0.303 in 1888. Basically, it's a ball cartridge known as dum-dum mark 2 special.

7. (on the basis of shape) 1.Hollow-point bullet :- This type of bullet is provided with a cavity in the nose. The disabling capability of the bullet gets enhanced through expansion a fter impact & penetration.

8. 2. Sharp nose bullet :-The tip of this type of bullets are highly pointed. 3. Round nose bullet :-

9. 4.Aluminium tipped bullet :- The jacket of this type of bullets has aluminium tip towards the nose end. This improves it's accuracy in flight. 5.Boat-tailed bullet :- In an e fforts to provide stability In flight, the base of bullet narrowed down.

10. 6.Stream-lined bullet :- This was an improvement over the boat tailed bullet & both the tip & the base had fine pencil points. 7. Split-nose bullet :- The jacket of this type of bullet is cross cut at the nose-end to enable the bullets to have four sharp & pointed leaves set at right angle like the blades of an electric fan.

11. ...CONCLUSION... This was a brief description of the various kinds of bullets. The bullets also vary with the type of gun used. So, there are different bullets for handguns, machine guns, rifles, pistols, and revolvers. Thus, in order to choose a bullet, one should also have a prior idea of the type of gun to be used and its range.

12. Reference……., Forensic Ballistics in Criminal Justice by K. Kumar Wikipedia Types of bullet (www.ifuzzle.com)