Effective December 15, 2010, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife changed their guidelines for distance learning. Students are now required to spend a minimum amount of time on each course page before proceeding to the certification exam.

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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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