Poll: Bullets: Round or Sharp end?

[Sigmund Av Volsung]

This just came to me out of nowhere while I was playing Call of Juarez Bound in Blood, but I thought that Sharp-end bullets can ricochet off of steel and other similar metals, whereas, a round bullet probably wont. This thread will probably be very one-sided, but think about it. A round bullet would injure someone, but cripple them at the same time whilst the other one would just shoot straight through.

So your thoughts;which are better? Round/sharp-end bullets?
*Example of a sharp-end bullet: 50. Caliber

 

[fullbleed]

Errm, I don't think bullets work how you think they work. I'll leave it at that.

 

[micky]

sharp is for penetration and round is for doing the most damage to an animal.

 

[vallorn]

sharps are generally armor piercing rounds as the greater pressure at the point allows them to punch through materiel easier. round bullets expand on impact reducing their penetrating power but causing them to create mush larger entry/exit wounds
EDIT:

Errm, I don't think bullets work how you think they work. I'll leave it at that.

this. different bullets are for different jobs

sharp is for penetration and round is for doing the most damage to an animal.

dang. Ninja'd

 

[Kwaren]

I use hollow points.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Ok the uses of the bullets have already been explained by the posts above me but you now know their uses so I choose to use the right one for the right situation.

 

[vallorn]

I use hollow points.

arnt those illegal due to the massive exit wounds?

 

[Jedamethis]

Give me a pointy stick anyday.

 

[vallorn]

Give me a pointy stick anyday.

i'l take one if its
A: poisoned
B: on fire
or C: on a planet of robots.

 

[IamSofaKingRaw]

Round. I swear those are the ones that will stay in the targets body. That is definately worse (think) then having full penetration (thats what she said)

 

[Kwaren]

I use hollow points.

arnt those illegal due to the massive exit wounds?

Not in my country.

 

[vallorn]

Round. I swear those are the ones that will stay in the targets body. That is definately worse (think) then having full penetration (thats what she said)

they expand inside which expends momentum but creates a larger wounds (sort of a cone shape)

 

[Jaranja]

Give me a pointy stick anyday.

Don't you mean a poin-ted stick?

If so, my response would be:

"A POINTED STICK?!"

 

[Wylade]

I use hollow points.

arnt those illegal due to the massive exit wounds?

no, they are the legal ones. all bullets you buy are technically hollow point, because there is only lead in the bullet itself. AP rounds (or full metal jacket) have steel in them, so they go through targets.
But yeah, I perfer rounded rounds for their sheer stopping power.

 

[FalloutJack]

Having looked into the history of ballistics, I have to say that people favor the pointy-ended ones for a reason. It is more aero-dynamic, more penetrating, and more accurate. It's the very model of a tiny arrow-head, in a way. The only reason there were ever round bullets to begin with was because the evolution of the gun stems from the cannon, not the bow. They basically said "Let's make a cannon, but really small so you can carry it on your person.". And thus, it began.

But while things started out with a round bullet, the problem of loading time, accuracy, distance fire, and allotted damage came into play. They weren't doing enough. So, the evolution continues until you have a bullet with a pointy end and a cartridge filled with its own built-in gunpowder. It's not really a matter of opinion which is actually better. An entire history or trial and error (and probably explosions) led us to the sharp-ended one. Hell, even cannons don't fire ball-shaped ammunition nowadays, except the classics.

 

[jobobob]

Bullets are meant to be used situationally, if you have your average Joe murder headed your way, you would want a round, or hollow point bullet to inflict the most damage.

Now say Joe has bought himself body armor, you would want to sharp, or armor piercing round to go through his body armor, but it wouldn't explode inside of him as does a hollow point.

 

[Jedamethis]

Give me a pointy stick anyday.

i'l take one if its
A: poisoned
B: on fire
or C: on a planet of robots.

Pff. Go for the eyes, ears, mouth, or bollocks of anything, and with a little strength, you won't need any of those!

Give me a pointy stick anyday.

Don't you mean a poin-ted stick?

If so, my response would be:

"A POINTED STICK?!"

No! Just a stick which is thinner at one end than the other, no point is required.

I sense this was a reference of some sort, went right over my head...

 

[vallorn]

.270 ammunition. Left to Right:
100-grain (6.5 g) ? Hollow Point (expands within target. Banned by the Hauge convention)
115-grain (7.5 g) ? FMJBT(lead core completely surrounded by copper for greater penetrating ability)
130-grain (8.4 g) ? Soft point,(expands on impact. less expansion than Hollow point)
150-grain (9.7 g) ? round nose.(has properties of Armor piercing combined with Soft point expansion)

 

[maturin]

Err...

Errm, I don't think bullets work how you think they work. I'll leave it at that.

Exactly. Without being an expert myself, the distinction you are looking for is full metal jacket vs. hollowpoint. And there are plenty of round end bullets that aren't hollowpoints. Look up like 9x19 Parabellum on wikipedia.

And it's not as simple as those two categories. Every military in the world uses full metal jacket bullets that are designed to either fragment on impact or yaw/tumble through tissue to cause massive injury.

Some sniper rounds are hollowpoints because certain designs increase long-range accuracy.

You don't really want to compare a .50 to a normal bullet, either. Sure, they like to ricochet, but a lot of bullets do, even if they have a 'round end.' They also like to shatter into fragments that can hurt you.

Hollowpoints may be banned in warfare, but they are often mandatory for law enforcement and hunters because they are less likely to over-penetrate or ricochet.

 

[llew]

sharp, i like my penetration (thats what she said)