explosive bullets or soft nosed bullets?
A. Not to my knowledge.
Q. And you are the Head of the Arsenal here?
A. I am the Head of the Arsenal here.
Q. Never heard of such a thing?
A. Not for anything of this nature. They have got at the present time, are experimenting (doing some of it here now) experimenting for anti-aircraft bullets with a different shape altogether. There are none to my knowledge made in Canada; none has been made.
THE CORONER: That is the standard bullet?
A. That in the standard Mark VII bullet, all British armunition.
Q. Could they with the bullet, with a file, chizel, make it spread?
A. I imagine they could. I have not carried on any experiments with that. I would not like to speak in a technical sense without the actual experience, what they could do.
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Q. What is the texture of the bullet?
A. Cupro nickel cover and lead core, aluminum tip, that is, the tip inside. It has a little tip inside to adjust the weight better.
Q. What is the thickness of the cover?
A. I am speaking from memory.
Q. Oh yes, approximately.
A. I think .036 of an inch. I am speaking from memory.
Q. Is the cover of a very resistible metal?
A. Oh yes. It is a plastic metal, one might say.
Q. Flattens on a wall or ricochets at a short distance?
A. You never can tell, in my experience, in a ricochetting
