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Originally Posted by mrawesome22
If you keep calling the entire shell the "bullet", it will become confusing and aggrivating when the time comes and you ask for help. Plus it makes you sound like a noob.
Cartridge, round, or shell refer to the assembled bullet, powder, primer, and case.
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Couldn't the term "shell" be misconstrued to mean just the shell casing, cartridge case or case?
There are also those who refer to unjacketed lead bullets as "boolits" to differentiate them from jacketed or plated bullets.
I don't know where "slug" falls in that pantheon or if there is a term that distinguishes between pure lead (typicallly used with muzzleloading and black powder firearms) and alloys of lead (typically used in smokeless ammunition).
Just trying to be precise.
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