I saw these on futureweapons tv show last year. The binder holds them together and gives the structural integrity. Think of picking up a dirt clog off of the ground. It is kind of hard but brittle. You can throw it very hard and it will stay together until impact when it basically explodes. The high velocity of the rifle round carries the energy into the target. On the show they shot two large beef roast. The regular round did what we are familiar with. Made a hole and kind of blew out some of the back of the roast. The frangible round blew the roast into shreds. In slow motion, it looked like a small grenade went off inside, like and old M-80 and an anthill. The secret service uses them to protect bystanders, no ricochets and no over penetration. They are against the Hauge(edit) convention. I for one would not eat an animal that had been shot by one. I don’t need any more metal powder in my diet. If all you want is the horns then it is your decision, you just are not going to hunt with me. I think I’ll give the Berger VLD bullets a try instead.

mello