Not only did I cut and file the tips off literally thousands of FN-49 headstamped .303 military surplus ammo in my youth, I drilled a 1/16th inch hole anout a quarter-inch in to make them hollow-points. I do remember deliberately NOT using a 1/8th drill bit for fear of possible core separation in the bore, so assume I read that somewhere during the 1970s.

Bagged plenty of roos and pigs in North Queensland with my old Lee Speed in those days, a plain-jane No.3 pattern that still occupies a space in my gunsafe.