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...250px|An example of FMJ bullets in their usual shapes: pointed ("[[Spitzer bullet|spitzer]]") for the [[7.62x39mm]] [[rifle]] and round-nosed for the [[7.62x ... core materials. This bullet type distinguishes itself from [[hollow point bullet]]s.

...aws, such as prohibition on possession of tracer ammunition, handgun armor piercing ammunition, .50 BMG rifles, and the sale or transfer of magazines with a ca ...[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_7_47/ai_75287344 "Bite The Bullet" Guns Magazine, July 2001]</ref>, when in fact the word Magnum is rather me

... [[.30-06 Springfield|M1906 .30-06]] cartridge with a 150-grain, flat-base bullet. ...ew M1 Ball (172-grain boat-tail bullet) and the M1906 (150-grain flat-base bullet) ammunition.<ref name="Dunlap309">Dunlap, Roy, ''Ordnance Went Up Front'',

...nks]] are used. The new tungsten cored M993 [[Armor-piercing bullet|Armor-piercing]] rounds may also be fired in the M60 as well, though they did not enter th

...ol. A weapon originally designed, made and intended to fire a projectile (bullet) from one or more barrels when held in one hand, and having: a) a chamber(s ...nition for Firearms Other than Ammunition for Destructive Devices or Armor Piercing Ammunition

... used in a [[firearm]] or [[cannon]] to fire a [[projectile]], such as a [[bullet]], that is smaller than the [[caliber|bore]] diameter. The term is also app Spindle sabots are the standard western type armor piercing ammunition type. Two and three piece spindle type sabots are shown in the

'''Teflon-coated bullets''' are handgun [[bullet]]s that have been covered with a coating of Teflon to reduce [[barrel]] wea ...er of Teflon to reduce barrel wear. The inventors named the round the "KTW Bullet," after their initials.

===Classes of bullet=== There are three basic classes of [[bullet]]:

...weapons used by military snipers like the [[M82 Barrett rifle]] with armor piercing rounds, would '''not''' be suitable for taking use on a soft target in a ci

|bullet=7.82 mm (0.308 in) ...er case neck but identical overall length, and a higher velocity [[spitzer bullet]]. There were three main production runs of the round that roughly correspo

|bullet=.511 ...all]], [[Tracer ammunition|tracer]], [[Armor-piercing shot and shell|armor piercing]], [[incendiary]], and [[sabot]]ed [[sub-caliber round]]s. The rounds inten

|bullet=5.680 mm (0.2236 in) ...llow air space also makes the bullet's point prone to deformation when the bullet strikes anything solid, inducing yaw. The brown-lacquered steel case is [[B

|bullet=5.69 mm (0.224 in) ...better long-range performance, specifically to meet a requirement that the bullet be able to penetrate through one side of a steel helmet at 600 m. Some beli

|bullet= 5.7 mm (0.224 in) |btype1= SS90 [[Armor piercing round|AP]] [[Full metal jacket bullet|FMJ]]

|bullet=7.90 mm (0.311 in) ...is what causes the AK-47 to have distinctively curved magazines. While the bullet design itself has gone through a few redesigns, the cartridge itself remain

|bullet=7.82 mm (0.308 in) ... [[.30-06 Springfield]]. While the cartridge itself is shorter, the actual bullet and loadings are about the same (muzzle velocities on the order of 860 m/s

|bullet=8.20 mm (0.323 in) ...ripper clip]] in the [[Gewehr 88]] (or Rifle 88) rifle. The 7.92x57mm IS [[bullet]] was lighter, pointed, and 8.2 mm (.323 inches) in diameter instead of 8.0

...ammunition; for a modern small arms cartridge this is the combination of [[bullet]], [[propellant]], [[Percussion cap#Primers|primer]] and cartridge case in ... explode in mid-air, so its fragments will spread over a large area. Armor-piercing ammunition tends to be hard, sharp, and narrow, often with lubrication. Inc

...big-game hunting. The anti-tank rifle would follow the same route: a large bullet with a high velocity and the ability to penetrate armour. ...lar infantry rifle. It had an increased propelling charge and a steel core bullet. This had about a 30% chance of penetrating the 8&nbsp;mm armour of contemp