KaiserB wrote:The Mythbusters actually did an episode on this and found the deformation of the bullet did not have the intended effect.
I'm thinking that considering how most surplus weapons were in battle rifle calibers, the X'd or tipped end was all about perception, and that the terminal ballistics of the FMJ round would be enough to do the trick on average North American game animals.
Just because grandpa did it for years, and took a load of deer with it, doesn't mean that the actual X'ing of the bullet is what did the trick. You shoot a milspec .30-06 FMJ at a hundred-fifty pound deer, get good shot placement, I think the deer is going to die.