When were bullets invented?

Answer 1

No colt did not invent bullets.!

It is really a broad question. Some would say that a french enginer named Minnie Invented modern bullets. He made the Minni ball that was widely used by both side in the American Civil War. The reason that these bullets where special is that they where easy to load into a rifled musket, yet would plump up during the fireing to make contact with the rifling enabling great accuracy and speedy reloading. It was this bullet that cause so much carnige during that war. The problem was when smokeless powder was invented the velocities increased to the point where the plain old lead bullets would leave lead in the barrels. Then during the late 19th century Paul Mauser found a way to stop this. He gilded his lead bullets in a copper jacket to protect them. Thus great accuracy and less mess was made. This bullet is the ansestor to the ones today used by hunters, Military and sport shooter. This paved the way for other kinds such as the hollow point, the Ballistic tip, and the Boat tailed match bullets. In a hollow point a lead bullet is covered with copper everywhere except for a hollow depression in the nose. These bullets pentrate less than a full metal jacket bullet and expand to a greator than bore diaminter size. Most police use Hollow point bullets not to kill someone better, but rather so that the shots they do fire will not be as likely to go through the bad guy and into an innocent person. before the NYPD switched from FMJ to hollow points they where shooting an average or seventeen people a year from pass though shots. So hollow points are a much safer bullet to use. There are many differant brand and makes, but today the technoligy of bullets has come so far that most on the market are of great quality.

Answer 2

The bullets were invented in the year 1836. The very first bullet was made out of stones and was used as a weapon for hunting.