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OP Dear TEd: I found a site that gave a bit of history, that tied it to India:
"The round nose bullet of the black powder Mark 1 and 2 and the cordite Mark 1 and 2
compared poorly against the .303 inch Dum Dum rounds specially issued in 1897. This
cupro-nickle jacketed bullet, produced at the Dum Dum ammunition factory in India,
had an exposed lead nose which gave rapid expansion on impact.
I also remember reading that if WWI, if you got caught with hand-made dum-dum
bullets, they got used on you.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Dum-dum wwh 08/07/02 10:54 PM Re: Dum-dum TEd Remington 08/07/02 11:43 PM Re: Dum-dum wwh 08/07/02 11:57 PM Re: Dum-dum Wordwind 08/08/02 12:03 AM Re: Dum-dum wwh 08/08/02 12:10 AM Re: Dum-dum RhubarbCommando 08/08/02 07:38 PM
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