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  2. Rio Ammunition - Wikipedia

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    Rio Ammunition manufactures shotgun shells at a factory in Marshall, Texas. This subsidiary of the Spanish explosives firm MAXAM is a member of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI). [1] MAXAM originated as Unión Española de Explosivos (UEE) in 1896, and began marketing shotgun ammunition in the United States in ...

  3. List of modern armament manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Black Hills Ammunition: Boeing Defense, Space & Security: Bollinger Shipyards: Bond Arms: Brunswick Boat Group: Bushmaster Firearms International: Calico Light Weapons Systems: Charter Arms: CheyTac: Colt's Manufacturing Company: Combined Systems: Cooper Firearms: Day & Zimmermann: Daniel Defense: Dead Air Silencers: Derecktor Shipyards: Desert ...

  4. Military 12-gauge cartridges - Wikipedia

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    Initial production for the Vietnam War loaded 00 buckshot into the same red plastic cases being used for sporting ammunition and was designated: Shell, shotgun, plastic case, 12 gauge, No. 00 buck, XM162. The shells were typically packaged as twelve ten-round cardboard boxes within a metal ammunition box. [1]

  5. Caliber conversion device - Wikipedia

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    Shotgun conversion sleeves may be called subgauge inserts, subgauge tubes, or gauge reducers. Sleeves intended for rifle or handgun cartridges may have rifled barrels. Additional variations may allow centerfire weapons to fire rimfire ammunition and/or retain autoloading function with the smaller cartridge.

  6. Shot (pellet) - Wikipedia

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    Lead shot. Shot is a collective term for small spheres or pellets, often made of lead.These have been projected from slings since ancient times and were the original projectiles for shotguns and are still fired primarily from shotguns and grenade launchers, while they are less commonly used in riot guns.

  7. Shotgun cartridge - Wikipedia

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    A 12-gauge shotgun cartridge in a transparent plastic hull, allowing the contents to be seen. From left to right: brass, propellant, over-powder wad, shot wad, #8 birdshot, over-shot wad, and crimp. A shotgun cartridge, shotshell, or shell is a type of rimmed, cylindrical (straight-walled) ammunition used specifically in shotguns.

  8. Western Cartridge Company - Wikipedia

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    The shotgun shells used primers manufactured by larger eastern ammunition firms. [4] When the firms with primer manufacturing facilities raised primer prices in 1900 to reduce competition from independent shotgun shell assembly plants, the Western Cartridge Company formed the Union Cap and Chemical Company (UCC) as a joint venture with Austin ...

  9. Category:Shotgun shells - Wikipedia

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    This category is located at Category:Shotgun cartridges. ... Category:Shotgun shells (Q8742581). See the instructions for more information. Administrators: ...