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  2. Full metal jacket (ammunition) - Wikipedia

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    Examples of FMJ bullets in their usual shapes: pointed ("spitzer") loaded in the 7.62×39mm rifle and round-nosed loaded in the 7.62×25mm pistol cartridges A full metal jacket ( FMJ ) bullet is a small-arms projectile consisting of a soft core (often lead ) encased in an outer shell ("jacket") of harder metal, such as gilding metal ...

  3. .308 Winchester - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Ultra-high speed photo of a 150 grain FMJ .308 Winchester bullet photographed with an air-gap ... Delta L problem; List of ...

  4. Handloading - Wikipedia

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    Components of a modern bottleneck rifle cartridge. Top-to-bottom: Copper-jacketed bullet, smokeless powder granules, rimless brass case, Boxer primer.. Handloading, or reloading, is the practice of making firearm cartridges by manually assembling the individual components (metallic/polymer case, primer, propellant and projectile), rather than purchasing mass-assembled, factory-loaded ...

  5. 9×19mm Parabellum - Wikipedia

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    This diversity in 9mm ammunition encompasses multiple standard categories, such as full metal jacket (FMJ), jacketed and unjacketed hollow point (JHP), frangible ammunition, soft point, tracer and other specialized variants tailored for competitive shooting or law enforcement applications. [44]

  6. Gas-operated reloading - Wikipedia

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    The primary disadvantage to this system is the disruption of the point of aim due to several factors such as: the center of mass changing during the action cycle, abrupt stops at the beginning and end of bolt carrier travel, and the use of the barrel as a fulcrum to drive the bolt back. Also, due to the greater mass of moving parts, more gas is ...

  7. 9×25mm Dillon - Wikipedia

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    Since there are no C.I.P. or SAAMI limits and data sets for wildcat cartridges, this data is unproven. The Austrian 9×25mm Super Auto G pistol cartridge is probably the closest ballistic twin of the 9×25mm Dillon. These cartridges are both necked-down 9 mm variants of the 10mm Auto cartridge, though they dimensionally vary.

  8. Centerfire ammunition - Wikipedia

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    A center-fire (or centerfire) is a type of metallic cartridge used in firearms, where the primer is located at the center of the base of its casing (i.e. "case head"). Unlike rimfire cartridges , the centerfire primer is typically a separate component seated into a recessed cavity (known as the primer pocket ) in the case head and is ...

  9. 5.56×45mm NATO - Wikipedia

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    It is manufactured in three variations: the standard FMJ round, the tracer round, and a blank round. The FMJ cartridge has a Copper-Zinc alloy case and uses a double base propellant. The bullet is a 4.1 g (63 gr) tombac jacketed FMJ projectile with a G1 ballistic coefficient of 0.331 (ICAO) / 0.337 (Army Metro). The projectile contains ...