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A revolutionary new design in hollow point bullets. Ammo news you can believe in

Having a valid understanding of the problem, the solution is relatively basic.

The aforementioned issue of the “trapped air” scenario is readily rectified, if provision was made within the bullets base design that would allow the air to escape or otherwise be allowed to be replaced by the target mass.

The adding of “channels” along the base of the projectile, more or less laterally to intersect with the base of the inner cavity, will provide an evacuation path for the ambient gases.

This can be accomplished by adding “vents”, or “ports” in a radial pattern in such a way as to 1., not interfere with the designed aerodynamic flight characteristics of a given projectile, and 2., not weaken the overall expansion process.

Variations of the actual port designs will be relative to the multitude of bullets designs, weights, shapes, velocities and a host of other factors.

The results of this Ported Bullet design are significant; By eliminating the “air factor”, the bullet reacts/opens much sooner on contact with the target, with a resultant exponential increase in reliability and performance.
While it’s obvious that the entire spectrum of physics involved in the projectile to target interactions are very complex, there are two basic assumptions that are accepted as “culpable factors” in hollow point bullet FTO’s;

One is an effect of “plugging”. This is where the hollow point cavity itself becomes filled with foreign materials, i.e. clothing, etc., thus preventing the cavity from “filling” with intended target material (i.e. animal or human tissue(s))

The second issue, and far more viable, is that FTO’s are mostly a result of the bullet not having enough “energy” or “velocity” to facilitate the amount of internal force needed to cause the bullet to expand as intended. In other words, by the time the bullet enters the target, travels enough distance to fill and pressurize the hollow point cavity; the bullet has lost the “critical mass” moment, and fails to open altogether.