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Ball cartridge   /bɔl kˈɑrtrədʒ/   Listen
Ball cartridge

noun
1.
A general purpose cartridge having a primer and a ball and a full charge of powder.





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"Ball cartridge" Quotes from Famous Books



... the breech of my gun without taking my eyes from the boy, and, thrusting my hand into my pouch, I was about to place a fresh ball cartridge in its place when I found that I had drawn the right trigger and discharged the barrel loaded with small shot, a sufficient explanation of the man being able to get up ...
— Bunyip Land - A Story of Adventure in New Guinea • George Manville Fenn
... jungle. The jungle was very light, and much trodden down, our three howdah elephants were not far apart, and we were chatting cheerfully together and discussing the incidents of the day. My bearer was sitting behind me in the back of the howdah, and I had taken out my ball cartridge from my No. 12 breechloader, and had replaced them with shot. Just then my mahout raised his hand, and in a hoarse excited whisper ...
— Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier - Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter • James Inglis


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