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  2. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    Caliber/calibre: In small arms, the internal diameter of a firearm's barrel or a cartridge's bullet, usually expressed in millimeters or hundredths of an inch; in measuring rifled barrels this may be measured across the lands (.303 British) or grooves (.308 Winchester) or; a specific cartridge for which a firearm is chambered, such as .45 ACP or .357 Magnum.

  3. Bullet - Wikipedia

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    A ballistic tip bullet is a hollow-point rifle bullet that has a plastic tip on the end of the bullet. This improves external ballistics by streamlining the bullet, allowing it to cut through the air more easily, and improves terminal ballistics by allowing the bullet to act as a jacketed hollow point.

  4. Cartridge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    This bullet derives its name from its popularity for target shooting, because the form factor cuts neat holes in paper targets, making scoring easier and more accurate and because it typically cuts a larger hole than a round nose bullet, a hit centered at the same spot can touch the next smaller ring and therefore score higher.

  5. Bullet (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Bullet Records, several record labels; Bullet (Swedish band), a heavy metal band Bullet (American band), a one-hit wonder rock band known for "White Lies, Blue Eyes" Bullet for My Valentine, a Welsh metalcore band

  6. 7.62 mm caliber - Wikipedia

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    The 7.62 mm designation refers to the internal diameter of the barrel at the lands (the raised helical ridges in rifled gun barrels). The actual bullet caliber is often 7.82 mm (0.308 in), although Soviet weapons commonly use a 7.91 mm (0.311 in) bullet, as do older British (.303 British) and Japanese (7.7×58mm Arisaka) cartridges.

  7. Blank (cartridge) - Wikipedia

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    A 7.62×51mm NATO crimped blank cartridge. The appearance of a blank cartridge can give a false sense of safety. Although blank cartridges do not contain a bullet, precautions are still required because fatalities and severe injuries have resulted on occasions when blank cartridges have been fired at very close ranges.

  8. List of bra designs - Wikipedia

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    Patti Page wearing a bullet bra (1955) Bralette (bralet) top Demi-cup bra. Backless: Suitable for bare-shoulder outer garments like a backless evening gown that exposes the back. Balconette: The cup cut is horizontal which creates a lift upward, like a balcony, but not inward. Sometimes known as a shelf bra. One source equates them to a balcony ...

  9. Sling (weapon) - Wikipedia

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    However, sling-bullets were more frequently cast in two-part moulds. Such sling-bullets come in a number of shapes including an ellipsoidal form closely resembling an acorn; this could be the origin of the Latin word for a leaden sling-bullet: glandes plumbeae (literally 'leaden acorns') or simply glandes (meaning 'acorns', singular glans).