{"id":1667,"date":"2014-07-15T17:00:55","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T21:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/?p=1667"},"modified":"2025-03-17T14:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:13:45","slug":"wadcutter-bullet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/wadcutter-bullet\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Wadcutter Bullet?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, we took a quick look at boat tail rifle bullets<\/a>. I wanted to follow that up with another bullet type that tends to be the subject of customer inquiries, and that\u2019s the venerable wadcutter.<\/p>

One of the advantages that revolvers have over semi-autos is that they aren\u2019t dependent on the shape of the bullet to operate properly, so you have a much wider bullet selection. On the down side, this can make things a little confusing when you go ammo shopping. To help clear that up a little bit, here\u2019s a quick video covering wadcutters and semi-wadcutters<\/a>, some of the most common revolver-specific bullets.<\/p>

Video: Wadcutters Explained<\/h3>