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matt_the_muss t1_iuglbsm wrote

They would be musket balls right? Bullets hadn't been invented yet.

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War_Hymn t1_iugpjun wrote

A musket ball is a type of bullet. Bullet is derived from boulette - French for "small ball".

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Pirategull t1_iugs920 wrote

I have two bullets then

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Banc0 t1_iuh0kth wrote

How can you put the bullets before the bayonet ‽‽

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rosellem t1_iuhv4yh wrote

Modern ammunition is composed of a cartridge which contains gunpowder and a bullet.

Technically, a bullet was and still is just the solid projectile. The proper way to refer to modern ammunition is "cartridge".

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