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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 ...
Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point.. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name.
A shot is a single release of a weapons system. This may involve firing just one round or piece of ammunition (e.g., from a semi-automatic firearm), but can also refer to ammunition types that release a large number of projectiles at the same time (e.g., cluster munitions or shotgun shells).
PCV13 is a series of 4 shots given at 2, 4, and 6 months of age. The last is given between 12 and 15 months of age. Side effects of this vaccine may include: [2] about half the children become drowsy; temporary loss of appetite; redness or tenderness at injection site; 1 in 3 have swelling at injection site; about 1 in 3 have mild fever
The term bullet is from Early French, originating as the diminutive of the word boulle (boullet), which means "small ball". [3] Bullets are available singly (as in muzzle-loading and cap and ball firearms) [4] but are more often packaged with propellant as a cartridge ("round" of ammunition) consisting of the bullet (i.e., the projectile), [5 ...
Children are less likely to survive AR-15 wounds. The leading cause of death in children between the ages of 1 and 19 in the U.S. is gun violence, according to a recent New England Journal of ...
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A round shot (also called solid shot or simply ball) is a solid spherical projectile without explosive charge, launched from a gun. Its diameter is slightly less than the bore of the barrel from which it is shot. A round shot fired from a large-caliber gun is also called a cannonball.