Ball ammo question?

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TimH
November 23, 2003, 06:13 PM
Whats "ball ammo"? Tim
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DMK
November 23, 2003, 06:26 PM
Today in civilian use, Ball usually refers to FMJ as opposed to Hollow Point or Softpoint. In the military, it refers to FMJ over Incendiary, Armour Piercing, Tracer, Blanks, or any of the other special purpose rounds they use.

The term comes from when the military used to actually use solid lead balls as projectiles in their rifles.
TimH
November 23, 2003, 08:48 PM
Thanks DMK.
SodaPop
November 23, 2003, 08:51 PM
What he said...........;)
Jim K
November 23, 2003, 09:59 PM
The term comes from the old rifles which literally fired a "ball" of lead. In the military service it means a bullet which is not special purpose ammo and is inert. Special purpose and non-inert ammo would be armor piercing, tracer, incendiary, and explosive.

Jim
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