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...) and may place restrictions on the FAC relating to the type and amount of ammunition that is held and the places and the uses the firearms are put to.<ref>[http ...s intended to be expended at the time of purchase, but target and sporting ammunition is widely available in gun and sporting goods stores.

: ''[[Powder]] redirects to this page. For the modern ammunition component, see [[Smokeless powder]]''. ...e use of saltpetre and sulfur in various largely medicinal combinations. A Chinese alchemical text from 492 noted that saltpeter gave off a purple flame when

|wars= [[World War II]], Korean War, First Indochina War, Chinese Civil War, Portuguese Colonial War, Algerian War, Vietnam War, Six Day War, ...ser M 98 system]]. It could be loaded with five rounds of [[7.92x57mm IS]] ammunition from a [[stripper clip]], loaded into an internal [[Magazine (firearm)|maga

...ms in the United States, with versions manufactured by a handful of larger manufacturers and over a dozen smaller concerns. ...'''M16A2'''. During the early 1980s a roughly standardized load for this [[ammunition]] was adopted throughout NATO (see: ''[[5.56x45mm NATO|5.56 mm NATO]]'').

... folding-stock M1A1. The carbine's exclusive use of non-corrosive primered ammunition was found to be a godsend by troops and ordnance personnel serving in the P ... complaints by troops for failure to stop heavily-clothed North Korean and Chinese troops at close range after multiple hits.

...lly automatic machine gun, as well as using a [[Belt (ammo)|belt of linked ammunition]] rather than a hopper]] ...le cartridges|rifle cartridge]]s in quick succession from an [[Belt (ammo)|ammunition belt]] or large-capacity [[Magazine (firearm)|magazine]], typically at a ra

...orld War I, [[World War II]], Spanish Civil War, Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War, Anglo-Irish War ... shape of its grip), and in China, the C96 was nicknamed the "box cannon" (Chinese: 盒子炮; pinyin: hézipào) because of both its square-shaped external m

...), official English name '''Norinco'''. In addition to [[firearms]] and [[ammunition]], Norinco also manufactures vehicles (trucks, cars and motorcycles), machi [[Category:Chinese firearms manufacturers]]

...n on the side, rather than the waffle style stamp found on the Russian and Chinese magazines. The magazines, though they look similar in shape and size, are n ...ke the AKM, AK-47, etc. In the hands of a capable shooter and with quality ammunition such as 7N1 and 7N14 a PSL is capable of 1 [[Minute of arc]] or less. Accur

[[Ammunition]] for shotguns is referred to in the USA as [[shotgun shell]]s, shotshells, ...handgun<ref>[http://firearmstactical.com/briefs10.htm Shotgun Home Defense Ammunition], Tactical Briefs #10, October 1998</ref>

... operated, selective-fire firearm firing [[9x19mm Parabellum|9 mm]] pistol ammunition. Single shots and fully automatic fire were selected by a cross-bolt type ...after loading and the pulling back of its bolt, firing until it ran out of ammunition. The gun was very short lived as the [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms

... Source: Winchester <ref name="win">[http://www.winchester.com/ Winchester Ammunition]</ref> ..., and noted complaints of failure to stop heavily-clothed North Korean and Chinese troops at close range after multiple hits. Recent test have shown however t

...uracy.<ref>[http://www.quarryhs.co.uk/Assault.htm Assault Rifles and Their Ammunition: History and Prospects by Anthony G. Williams]</ref> ...ar burning characteristics to the WC844 powder used in [[5.56×45mm NATO]] ammunition. The 7N6 cartridge weight is 10.75 g (165.9 gr).

===Chinese steel core=== ...importation in the US because there are 7.62x39mm caliber handguns and the ammunition is an armor-piercing handgun round under the U.S. federal legal definition

...ials it was found to be too heavy<ref>Bolotin, D.N, "Soviet Small-Arms and Ammunition", pp 68.</ref>. A new design competition was held two years later where Kal ...sion and wear. This is particularly important, as most military-production ammunition during the 20th century contained corrosive mercuric salts in the primers,

...largely inspired by famous [[Mauser C96]] and intended for the Nationalist Chinese. Some of these models (Mod.903) were found in the hands of German soldiers ...the “French-bean”, because its principal characteristic drawn from the ammunition as various as [[9 mm Largo]] (original caliber), 9&nbsp;mm Steyr, [[9 mm Sh

The muzzle velocity figure became a problem some ten years ago, when manufacturers began producing lightweight pellets by substituting aluminum and plastic fo ...s Registry [CFR] first noticed (in 2000, ten years after it happened) that manufacturers were offering and retailers were selling lightweight pellets for air, gas a