osive force of the powder inthe cup, which was inserted into a frustro-conical cavity in the base of the bullet. The English substituted a conoida] wooden plug in their Enfield rifle bullet, d. In 1856, after a series of experiments by the Ordnance Department, an elongated bullet, ¢, with a cavity,… … alice Cartridges. lar projectile, having a detachable point; d is the head, in c-T> which the gas enters through holes around the base and ex- this has an exterior central recess in the bottom, to receive the pandsa band. In the Shaler, e, the gas drives forward a cap, which is exploded uponan…
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