Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1898 — The New Bullet. [ARTICLE]

The New Bullet.

~ The British Government is considering ihe adoption of a new bullet invented by a Birmingham firm. This, bullet is of lead, and, Instead of faavv ijcg a •conical top, Js* level-topped, with ibJftiMike cavity, carrying the expang#a«4«ilbftfcle to its greatest extent: UpopienteHng the fiesh the front ol the bullet acts like a punch, cuftitig oht a clear round hole, which does hot close u£’.'’”ExgM‘sion conaSreßceaJpi’medihtely, and after jjjias traveled six inches it produces’a jagged hole from three’to fohr fedhbs'in diamei|ter.. Whether the Government will adopt this, new invention remains to be sden, hjjt if h does it wil be one of the mbst terrible wound-producing bullets wjlth which the British military could jbe armed. .