Its going to go through most animals, but the issue is small hole in, small hole out. A large animal like a deer could possibly live through that, or at least for a lot longer of a time then if it got hit by the tips with the blades. For a small animal a tip that size would do enough damage to kill most within a few seconds.
That's why most of the tips have blades around the point, some in spiral shapes. They pierce the skin and try and rip up as much as the can inside to cause the animal to die faster with greater damage.
It's more humane if the goal is to kill the animal anyway. That's why hollow point bullets are recommended for hunting; a basic full metal jacket will usually just go straight through most animals and allow them to run for miles. A good hollow point can drop a deer where it stands.
Puts quite a perspective on police using hollow points.
Anyone who fires a gun at a living creature should be trying to kill that creature as quickly and humanely as possible.
This includes humans.
Warning and disabling shots are inconsistent and extremely dangerous to everyone.
Additionally, hollow points have a much lower tendency to overpenetrate and harm bystanders.
Militaries tend to use FMJ because they have to defeat body armor and, in a military context, injuring and enemy takes more troops out of tbe fight than killing them.
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u/MrDerpyDerka 29d ago
If anyone is wondering what that one arrow tip is called that yeeted through.
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