![]() The modern term ‘ball’ means the projectile is, other than possessed of velocity, inert opposed to tracer ammunition (which leaves a light trail), incendiary (to start fires), armor piercing or blank. This derives from the muzzle loading days when ammunition was in fact loose balls to fit the arm and loose black powder. Armed Forces – and other armed forces – refers to the ammunition as ‘ball’ ammunition. This design is not particularly ferocious designed not to expand on contact with any target. 45 handgun, the bullet is ’round-nosed’, nearly spherical in shape and reminds one – with a bit of imagination – of the small ‘hard’ ball used in baseball. It is fully jacketed, common to all military cartridges, handgun, rifle and machine-gun. Short note: This ammunition is referred to as ‘hardball’ for two reasons. The rather ordinary 230 grain, fully jacketed, round nose bullet at about 850 feet per second muzzle velocity. 45 ACP semi-automatic pistols, my general purpose reload for the caliber is what is commonly known as ‘hardball’. As it is the quietly assumed standard ammunition of. ![]()
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