Pglasgow
That's pretty good thickness on the jacket. Do you think the "dot" comes from the nose of the plated bullet during the swaging operation?
And remember this is a 10mm 180 grain Gold Dot - I would expect a little more thickness with the .452 - and I agree with your assesment of the dot... what I realy had trouble believing was that it would hold together as it drives through - but it does... Those pictures of recovered bullets from a wet dirt bank really show that.... + they retain most of their weight and you gotta know shooting wet dirt is tougher on the bullet than an animal....