What is a Wadcutter Bullet?

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

One of the advantages that revolvers have over semi-autos is that they aren’t 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’s a quick video covering wadcutters and semi-wadcutters, some of the most common revolver-specific bullets.