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  • noun Plural form of cartridge.

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Examples

  • When I read the history of the submachinegun, I often read that the Germans were so appalled by the use of the shotgun in World War 1 they invented the submachinegun (although a heavy, mounted Italian weapon firing pistol cartridges is credited with being the 1st submachinegun, the first "true" - handy enough for hip or shoulder use - SMG to be deployed was Hugo Schmeisser's MP-18).

    Shotguns in Combat 2009

  • The wretched militiamen found that their machine-guns had been tampered with, and that the cartridges from the captured magazines did not fit their rifles.

    Chapter 16: The End 2010

  • Do you think the extra expense and limited availability of Weatherby magnum cartridges is worth it?

    Weatherby Magnums vs. 2009

  • When I read the history of the submachinegun, I often read that the Germans were so appalled by the use of the shotgun in World War 1 they invented the submachinegun (although a heavy, mounted Italian weapon firing pistol cartridges is credited with being the 1st submachinegun, the first "true" - handy enough for hip or shoulder use - SMG to be deployed was Hugo Schmeisser's MP-18).

    Shotguns in Combat 2009

  • You can take 150, 165, 180 grain cartridges from different manufacturers and load them in any order in this gun and it will still shoot minute of angle.

    Rifle Review: Petzal Tests the Marlin .338 MXLR 2009

  • Yes, the .225 Winchester and .220 Swift are excellent choices, but brass for these cartridges is more expensive and/or less easily available and they offer no significant performance advantage over the. 22-250.

    What rifle and cartridge would you pick for prairie dogs if you could only have one and why would you choose it? 2009

  • My list of big Game cartridges is easy, you shoot what you want, I'll shoot my .308 +1

    Our Most Popular Big-Game Rounds 2010

  • My list of big Game cartridges is easy, you shoot what you want, I'll shoot my .308 +1

    Our Most Popular Big-Game Rounds 2010

  • Yes, the .225 Winchester and .220 Swift are excellent choices, but brass for these cartridges is more expensive and/or less easily available and they offer no significant performance advantage over the. 22-250.

    What rifle and cartridge would you pick for prairie dogs if you could only have one and why would you choose it? 2009

  • You can take 150, 165, 180 grain cartridges from different manufacturers and load them in any order in this gun and it will still shoot minute of angle.

    Rifle Review: Petzal Tests the Marlin .338 MXLR 2009

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