Reply #39: Well, no...that's not entirely true. [View All]

All rifle bullets are not "designed to" shoot through walls, unless you're talking bullets in the 50BMG AP class. Rifle bullets are "designed to" fly with accuracy and deliver terminal ballistic effects commensurate with the manner in which they are used.

For example, the Berger VLD is "designed to" be fired with accuracy, that is, very little deviation from one round to the next. It is not "designed to" deliver any appreciable terminal ballistic effects other than to punch a hole in a paper target.

Now, the Barnes Solid is designed the other way: in designing that bullet, Barnes was concerned with delivering maximum bullet energy into the body cavity of large animals.