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The .45 has a hollow point so big you can see the results in this .45 Colt bullet. That’s a plug of cloth from the heavy cloth barrier test, in the open petals of the PDX1 bullet. It cut the cloth out, still expanded, and tracked so straight the cloth stayed in place.

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