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In the larger-caliber guns, where bullets are expensive, it can cost $1,200 just to do the break-in and load development.
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In the larger-caliber guns, where bullets are expensive, it can cost $1,200 just to do the break-in and load development.
An Unreasonable Man 2004
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He was lucky he hadn't been packing a larger-caliber gun or he would've lost fingers.
Jed the Dead Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997
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Basically you take something like plastic and wrap it around a smaller-caliber slug so it will fit in a larger-caliber gun.
The Third Victim Gardner, Lisa 1988
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The .223 is a small round best used for small game and varmint hunting, but the gun also can be modified for larger-caliber shells, he said.
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According to the agency’s Web site, soldiers encased in this futuristic battle armor will be able to “handle more firepower, wear more ballistic protection, carry larger-caliber weapons and more ammunition, and carry supplies greater distances.”
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