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Originally Posted by headquarters
for bullets ?
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A gold bullet can actually do a lot more damage than a hollowpoint or even a dumdum -- but it will also foul your bore more quickly and its questionable whether a gold bullet can even penetrate the denser bones of a human body (such as the skull, femur, pelvis, and whatever the upper arm bone is called), merely cracking them instead.
A better use for gold is as a fine dust. If you have someone on the inside of an organization for a while, you can assassinate by putting gold dust in their food in small quantities for a few months, and they will die of massive organ failure induced by heavy metal poisoning. And, it's tricky to diagnose! (I saw that one on an episode of
House , but I followed up with some internet research, and it's true.)