CNN article, Dum Dum bullets...

[zoom6zoom]

Well, if anyone's an expert on dum-dums, it's CNN. They've got enough of them on staff.

 

[Brad Johnson]

What's deadlier? Dum Dum bullets, or Dum Dum reporters??

Brad

 

[Cmdr. Gravez0r]

If he'd lost 80% of the blood in his body, he'd be dead.

Yeah, my BS-o-meter was pegged right there.

 

[serrano]

Ask the Native Americans whether treaties signed by the US gov't are worth the paper they're written on. But, so far, for better or worse, we DO in fact comply with Hague - it's pretty silly that soft points are deemed to cause "unnecessary suffering" whereas nuclear fallout at Hiroshima is not considered to cause unnecessary suffering.

According to thegunzone link above the US was not a part of the Hague Peace Conference of 1899. What we did sign was the Hague Convention IV of 1907...

"…it is especially forbidden -

To employ arms, projectiles, or material{sic} calculated to cause unnecessary suffering;"

...which I believe is the quote you're referring to. Also, JHP rounds are currently employed by US military snipers and special forces. So, we didn't exactly stick by that agreement either.

Whether it is the overall excellence of the Sierra MatchKing, or its virtual endorsement within the upper echelons of the military, the #2200 boat tail hollow point was the round of preference for snipers and .30 caliber High Power competitors alike. Aside from Federal, Remington and Samson (IMI) both load it in their commercially available "match" rounds, while Winchester uses it in their Ranger line of law enforcement ammunition.

In 1993, another Parks-authored opinion cleared the way for the U.S. Special Operations Command to procure a Winchester 230-grain JHP ("Black Talon," yet!) for issue with its H&K-manufactured Mk 23 Mod 0 pistol.