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  2. Paper cartridge - Wikipedia

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    A paper cartridge is one of various types of small arms ammunition used before the advent of the metallic cartridge. These cartridges consisted of a paper cylinder or cone containing the bullet , gunpowder , and in some cases, a primer or a lubricating and anti-fouling agent.

  3. Sabot (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    Lead bullet being supported by a wooden cup sabot in a Delvigne gun. A cup sabot supports the base and rear end of a projectile, and the cup material alone can provide both structural support and barrel obturation. When the sabot and projectile exit the muzzle of the gun, air pressure alone on the sabot forces the sabot to release the projectile.

  4. Louis-Nicolas Flobert - Wikipedia

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    9 mm Flobert shot, 9 mm Flobert shot, .22 Long Rifle shot, .22 Long Rifle, .22 Long Rifle shot, .22 CB Short, and 9 mm Flobert BB cap. In Europe, 9mm Flobert smooth-bore shotguns are commonly used by gardeners and farmers for pest control, [7] and face very little to no restriction, even in countries with strict gun laws. [8]

  5. Cartridge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A cartridge, [1] [2] also known as a round, is a type of pre-assembled firearm ammunition packaging a projectile (bullet, shot, or slug), a propellant substance (smokeless powder, black powder substitute, or black powder) and an ignition device within a metallic, paper, or plastic case that is precisely made to fit within the barrel chamber of ...

  6. Wadding - Wikipedia

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    A series of individual 1/1,000,000-second exposures showing shotgun firing shots and wadding separation. In shotgun shells, the wadding is actually a semi-flexible cup-shaped sabot designed to hold numerous much smaller-diameter sub-projectiles (i.e. shots), and is launched out together as one payload-carrying projectile.

  7. Paper, plastic or ammo? Company introduces ammunition ... - AOL

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    Machines require customers to present a photo ID for age verification and submit to a facial recognition scan to match their face with their ID

  8. Precision-guided firearm - Wikipedia

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    To qualify as a precision guided firearm, the system must: Be a complete firing system – rifle, ammunition and networked tracking scope; Persistently track the target, automatically compute a multi-variable firing solution, and ensure precise engagement when target and firing solution are optimally aligned

  9. Wadcutter - Wikipedia

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    A typical 4.5 mm (.177 in) match diabolo air gun pellet, in the HBWC (Hollow Base Wadcutter) configuration. Target airguns used for 10 metre air rifle and 10 metre air pistol competitions generally shoot wadcutter pellets at muzzle velocities around 570 ft/s (170 m/s). The use of wadcutter match diabolo pellets is nearly universal in airgun ...