# Ballistics type:  In your opinion, has this bullet been fired?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 24, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballistics-type-in-your-opinion-has-this-bullet-been-fired/667087 "2013-08-24T20:52:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballistics-type-in-your-opinion-has-this-bullet-been-fired/667087/4 "2013-08-24T22:16:43Z")

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> [@ducati](#):
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> _ **Unquestionably fired.** _
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> Water? Maybe, but my phone books in the basement are full of these. Complete with little specks of paper sometimes.
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> I’ve seen them come out of a person like this. _ **Bullet deformation depends on speed, and what it hits. They don’t always act like you think they will** _.

(bolding mine)

Agreed.  
For that matter, depending on the velocity, some bullets tend to disintegrate or at the least, break up into fragments when fired into water.

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