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I did not know this

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Dum Dum is near Calcutta, which is where the round was first developed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow-point_bullet
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The first old timer that ever told me about expanding bullets back when I was just a boy called them "dum dums". I later did happen across the origin of that term in the course of my random and capricious readings. Interesting stuff, though.
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Some interesting reading here. Not just on dum dums but a lot of cool tests.

http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot32.htm
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They make suckers in Dum-Dum? Loves me a cream soda! :roll:
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