Might mean (unverified): Bullet with a deformable tip.
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adjective:  (firearms) Of a bullet: lacking a jacketed nose and thereby deforming greatly on impact, causing a large amount of damage; soft-nosed.
noun:  (firearms, countable) A bullet of this kind; (uncountable) bullets of this kind collectively.

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