This post relates to an ongoing discussion about the use of hollow point pistol bullets after the signing of the Hague Accords of 1899 and 1907. These are the Conventions that banned the use of hollowpoint ammo in warfare. It has been pointed out before that the bans of certain weapons and practices (torture of prisoners for example) only applied to the nations that signed the accords or agreed to abide by them. The bans did not apply to nations that did not sign the accords or to colonies, territories, or enemies other than recognized governments. So...
http://cartridgecollectors.org/documents/Introduction-to-9mm-Luger-Cartridges.pdf
It's often said that the Hague Accords forced the U.S. military to forgo the use of hollow point bullets in war and thus to rely on less effective ball ammo. But this opinion is not accurate. JHP ammo in the past was both more expensive, less reliable and less durable than ball ammo. This has begun to change in the last few decades. This in both long guns and short.
tipoc
In addition to the full metal jacket ball
cartridges, 9mm Parabellum has been
produced with a wide variety of hollow
point and and soft point loads. DWM
produced hollow-point truncated bullet
loads before World War I for use by it’s
colonial troops in Africa. Commercial
and police hollowpoint and soft point
loads have been in regular production
by many countries, but particularly by
the United States. There is even a
unique hollowpoint, softpoint bullet with
a sawtooth tip called a “Pingrabber”
used in the north-eastern US for the sport of shooting bowling pins
http://cartridgecollectors.org/documents/Introduction-to-9mm-Luger-Cartridges.pdf
It's often said that the Hague Accords forced the U.S. military to forgo the use of hollow point bullets in war and thus to rely on less effective ball ammo. But this opinion is not accurate. JHP ammo in the past was both more expensive, less reliable and less durable than ball ammo. This has begun to change in the last few decades. This in both long guns and short.
tipoc