Comments by "GunFun ZS" (@GunFunZS) on "Absolute Mad Lads - Albert Dryden" video.
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FYI, "Manstopper" was all but the official name for the second version of the Webley service bullet in 454. It was just an HP, but after Hague, it became bad PR so they just reverted to the prior bullet. It was kind of an embarrassment for the British Army. They had bullet type 1 which they replaced because it didn't work all that well, and they had evidence. So they developed Bullet 2 which they said, 'hey this won't get you killed, it's a manstopper.' It worked alright-for a handgun round. Then they re-issued bullet #1, and said, "~hey this one is great, perfectly adequate, totally won't get you killed, stop whining." (See SA80 for a slightly funnier development cycle.)
It's all absurd, because the point of any bullet is to induce a grievous wound which rapidly incapacitates the guy who is trying to kill you. All the various small arms conventions did was force other types of bullets which would make equivalent wounds. Big slow bullet= big ugly hole. Medium slow bullet +HP = big ugly hole. Fast small bullet = big ugly hole. Faster smaller bullet = big ugly hole. Fastish smaller bullet turning sideways on impact= ___________. It would be useless to carry any bullet which doesn't do that, so they all do, and Hague convention is futile.
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