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====Baton rounds==== ...kip fire, while softer or less dense batons are intended for direct fire. Baton rounds are the subject of significant controversy, due to extensive use by

...ught") buckshot [[shotgun shell|shell]] consists of 9 .33 caliber (8.5 mm) round balls, each of which is similar in size and velocity to a lightweight handg ...olice use. These vary from the early "bean bag" shooting [[flexible baton round]]s and other impact munitions, to tear gas and, expected to be released in

...was hit in the head by a round fired at close range in Belfast. The wooden round was soon replaced by a new development, which was commonly called the rubbe ...69. A new type of projectile named the [[plastic bullet]] or plastic baton round was introduced in 1972; initially used alongside the rubber bullet, it even

... weighs 28 grams (432 grains); for comparison, a common deer-hunting rifle round is a .308 (7.62 mm) slug weighing 9.7 g (150 grains), however the dynamics ...eapons|less-lethal]] rounds such as [[rubber bullets]] or [[flexible baton round|bean bags]].

...ed, from 1500 to 1800, bullets changed very little. They remained simple ''round'' lead balls, called ''rounds'', differing only in their diameter. ...5-grain (7.5 g) FMJBT, 130-grain (8.4 g) [[Soft point]], 150-grain (9.7 g) round nose.]]