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A rifle or handgun bullet having a cylindrical base and a leading end of ogival shape extending for a portion of its length is divided into a plurality of sections by parting lines extending radially inwardly from the outer periphery of the body towards the central axis and terminating along lines s

A rifle or handgun bullet having a cylindrical base and a leading end of ogival shape extending for a portion of its length is divided into a plurality of sections by parting lines extending radially inwardly from the outer periphery of the body towards the central axis and terminating along lines spaced from the central axis of the bullet. The parting lines extend longitudinally the full axial length of the body of the bullet and, upon impact with a lubricious target, the bullet separates into individual sections which travel separately and create a plurality of impinging pressure zones within the target. The bullet is disclosed in embodiments with and without a frusto-conical cavity extending into the forward, blunt end, terminating in a plane through the juncture of the base and leading end. In the embodiment having the cavity, the radial parting lines terminate outwardly of the cavity wall.

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A bullet comprising a body of malleable material having front and back ends, symmetrical about a central, longitudinal axis, having an outer periphery defined by a substantially cylindrical base portion extending from said back end of said body for a first portion of the axial length thereof, and a

A bullet comprising a body of malleable material having front and back ends, symmetrical about a central, longitudinal axis, having an outer periphery defined by a substantially cylindrical base portion extending from said back end of said body for a first portion of the axial length thereof, and a nose portion extending intergrally from said base portion for the remainder of the axial length of said body, to said front end thereof, said nose portion tapering from the diameter of said base portion to a smaller diameter at said front end, and a hollow cavity extending from said front end into said nose portion, said cavity being symmetrically formed about said central axis and terminating within said body, and at least three parting lines extending longitudinally from said front end to said back end from said outer periphery radially inwardly and substantially axially parallel to said central axis, said parting lines defining opposing surfaces in mutual contact but physically unattached, said opposing surfaces terminating radially inwardly within said body and outside said cavity a distance sufficient to prevent separation of said body is separate portions during flight, but insufficient to prevent such separation upon impact with a fluidic target, whereby upon impact with such target said body separates into a plurality of separate portions with those portions laterally adjacent said parting lines separating from one another to travel separately and create a plurality of impinging pressure zones within said target.