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A shotgun slug typically has more physical mass than a rifle bullet. For example, the lightest common .30-06 Springfield rifle bullet weighs 150 grains (0.34 oz (9.6 g)), while the lightest common 12 gauge shotgun slug weighs 7 ⁄ 8 oz (383 gr (24.8 g)).
Glaser Safety Slug is a frangible bullet made by Cor-Bon/Glaser, a subsidiary of Dakota Ammo, an American ammunition company formerly based in Sturgis, South Dakota. The Glaser Safety Slug was developed by Jack Canon in 1975, the same year the company was founded by Armin Glaser.
A slug is a term used for a bulky solid ballistic projectile. It is "solid" in the sense of being composed of one piece; the shape can vary widely, including partially hollowed shapes. It is "solid" in the sense of being composed of one piece; the shape can vary widely, including partially hollowed shapes.
For example, the .308 Winchester uses a bullet of 308/1000-inch diameter and was standardized by Winchester. Conversely, cartridge names often reflect nothing related to the cartridge in any obvious way. For example, the .218 Bee uses a bullet of 224/1000-inch diameter, fired through a .22-in bore, etc.
For example, a cartridge containing a 3 or 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-dram load of black powder was a common hunting field load, and a heavy full-power load would have contained about a 4 to 4 + 1 ⁄ 2-dram load, whereas a cartridge containing only a 2-dram load of black powder was a common target practice load. A hunter looking for a field or full-power ...
An example is the Glaser Safety Slug, usually a pistol caliber bullet made from an amalgam of lead shot and a hard (and thus frangible) plastic binder designed to penetrate a human target and release its component shot pellets without exiting the target.
Airstream Liner (1947) Byam shuttered the Airstream plant in 1942, in part due to a wartime shortage of aluminum, and went to work in the defense aviation industry.
The 7mm-08 Remington is a rifle cartridge that is almost a direct copy of a wildcat cartridge developed around 1958 known as the 7mm/308. As these names would suggest, it is the .308 Winchester case necked down to accept 7 mm (.284) bullets with a small increase in case length.