Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-38854975-20190905144044/@comment-25396609-20191110024653

The other thing needed for shrapnel to be effective is momentum; when hard light shatters, it only breaks; it doesn't explode. It may cause a tiny bit of extra damage but it isn't going to fragment out the way a hollow point or explosive round would; especially when contained within a fixed cavity. Not enough room to move around and do much of anything.

I.... must have deleted it by accident (was its own point), but I actually was going to suggest ice instead of hardlight in my first draft of that post.