High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A soft-point bullet, also known as a soft-nosed bullet, is a lead expanding bullet with a copper or brass jacket that is left open at the tip, exposing some of the lead inside and is thus an example of a semi-jacketed round. Side by side comparison with a hollow point bullet and FMJ ammunition will quickly illustrate the difference. After the introduction of cordite as a propellant it was noted that lead bullets fired at the higher velocities cordite allowed were readily stripped as they travelled along the barrel. This led to significantly faster fouling of the barrel as lead deposits built up particularly on rifled barrels. Bullets were jacketed to prevent fouling, although these inflicted less severe wounds.

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