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'Pulling the bullet from the casing simply leaves you (safely) with three separate components; The brass case with the primer in, (which can also be removed with a de-priming tool) the bullet and the powder, or propellant.

Upon being struck by the gun's firing pin, the percussion cap detonates and ignites the propellant; the resulting rapid expansion of gases in the gun's closed firing chamber propels the bullet forward at high velocity down the bore. The cartridge case is left in the chamber and must be ejected by mechanical means.

The 'x' incision is about making the bullet fragment instead of penetrating the enemy as a single piece. Normally when a bullet hits the enemy, it pierces everything in-between and comes out as a single piece. How do the soldiers fight/survive when they run out of bullets?

The extractor moves with the bolt to pull the cartridge case rearwards out of the chamber, and at some point the ejector eccentrically exerts a frontal push (from the case's frame of reference), which torques and "flicks" the case out of a side opening on the receiver known as the ejector port.

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Frangible bullets are intended to disintegrate into tiny particles upon target impact to minimize their penetration of other objects. Small particles are slowed more rapidly by air resistance, and are less likely to cause injury or damage to persons and objects distant from the point of bullet impact.

The spark from the primer ignites the gunpowder. Gas converted from the burning powder rapidly expands in the cartridge. The expanding gas forces the bullet out of the cartridge and down the barrel with great speed. The rifling in the barrel causes the bullet to spin as it travels out of the barrel.