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  2. Primer (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    In early black powder guns such as muzzleloaders, the primer was essentially the same chemical as the main propellant (albeit usually in a finer-powdered form), but poured into an external flash pan, where it could be ignited by an ignition source such as a slow match or a flintlock, though some muzzleloaders have primers like cap gun caps ...

  3. Tubes and primers for ammunition - Wikipedia

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    VII centerfire .303 cartridge from WW II. Manufactured by Colonial Ammunition Company, New Zealand. The first cartridges for cannon were made up of gunpowder packed in a paper bag or case. For many years after the introduction of cannon the powder was introduced into the bore by means of a scoop-shaped ladle fixed to the end of a long stave.

  4. Black powder cartridge - Wikipedia

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    Black powder cartridge refers to firearms ammunition from the period after the introduction of metallic cartridge, but prior to the wide adoption of smokeless powder.These cartridges (frequently but not always single-shot) had adopted the new technology of complete cartridges including a brass casing which held the powder charge, bullet, and primer.

  5. .577 Snider - Wikipedia

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    The .577 Snider cartridge was a British black powder metallic centrefire cartridge, which fired a 0.577-inch (14.7 mm), 480-grain (31 g) lead projectile, primarily used in the Snider–Enfield rifle. Early .577 Snider cartridges were made from a composite design using paper and brass foil with a stamped metallic base and primer, much like the ...

  6. 5-in-1 blank cartridge - Wikipedia

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    They are available in crimped and open-ended (balloon) varieties and are made using both black powder and smokeless powder. The black powder blanks produce not only a loud report and flash, but also a cloud of white smoke.

  7. Blank (cartridge) - Wikipedia

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    A 7.62×51mm NATO crimped blank cartridge. The appearance of a blank cartridge can give a false sense of safety. Although blank cartridges do not contain a bullet, precautions are still required because fatalities and severe injuries have resulted on occasions when blank cartridges have been fired at very close ranges.

  8. List of Black Bullet episodes - Wikipedia

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    The opening theme is "black bullet" by fripSide [11] while the ending theme is "Tokohana" (トコハナ) by Nagi Yanagi. [12] Yanagi also performs "Wasurenai tame ni" (忘れない為に) as the ending theme of the fourth episode [13] and "Wasurenai tame ni for lotus" (忘れない為に for lotus) as the ending theme of the thirteenth episode ...

  9. .38 rimfire - Wikipedia

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    Much like the smaller .32 rimfire, the rounds were originally manufactured loaded with black powder. In the early 1900s, manufacturers switched to the "new" smokeless powder. The .38 rimfire was preferred to the .32 rimfire for hunting and self-defense purposes because of its larger diameter bullet and increased muzzle energy.