5.2 Ammunition
Sometimes you will hear people
on a rifle range say, "I'm
out of bullets. Please get me some
more bullets." Usually,
these people don't know that
they are asking for the wrong thing.
Cartridges go into the chamber
of a firearm,
while bullets go out the muzzle.
A bullet is only one part of a
cartridge.
The ammunition used in a rifle or handgun is called a cartridge
(or a metallic cartridge). The ammunition used for shotguns
is called a shell (or a shotshell).
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