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rosellem t1_iuhv4yh wrote

Reply to comment by matt_the_muss in Human burial grounds and bullets from Spanish guns uncovered at site of last Mayan stronghold in Guatemala by GullyShotta

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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