Hi Charley,

I believe you. Devastator bullets were marketed for awhile.....they didn't work very reliably (if memory serves me corretly), and they got way to much bad press. Which really lead to a short "commercial" lifespan. I don't remember all the details, (and short of looking them up), if I do remember correctly...they had something inserted in the head of the bullet. Either it was a primer....or something similar to that...(ie. a small detonator). But if I also remember reports on them conducted independently....most failed to explode!

But they did exist...and you are correct. They were the bullets used in the attempt on the President's life. And the bullets got a "huge" amount of bad PR as a result.

It would be very easy to log onto the government's site....but I still believe that exploding bullets have some extreme limitations, restrictions, placed on them for civilian ownership.

Dave