[fred cook]

Many years ago, I found some "exploding" 45ACP ammunition at a gunshow. Basically, the bullets had a large hollow point cavity with a .22 CB cap mounted with the rim towards the front. The design was such that they would feed properly in semi auto pistols. I had doubts about their effectiveness until I tried an experiment on a slice out of a large hardwood tree, A regular .45ACP ball round would just make a neat little black hole in the wood. When shot with the exploding ammo, a large chunk of the wood slice would be blown away! This ammo was expensive, costing about $1-$2 per round (ok, this was a long time ago and I don't remember!). The rounds came packaged 10 to a card. Once it was gone, I was never able to find any again! Probably a good thing that it doesn't exist in today's politically correct environment.