Ammunition and Ammo

	Dummy Cartridges / Blanks Pachmayr, Traditions, Winchester Ammo		Centerfire Handgun Ammo 3-D Ammunition, CCI, Federal Cartridge, Hornady, Remington, Ultramax, Winchester Ammo
	Rimfire Ammo CCI, Federal Cartridge, Hornady, Remington, Winchester Ammo		Centerfire Rifle Ammunition Federal Cartridgee, FNH USA Inc, Hornady, Norma, Remington, Ultramax, Winchester Ammo
	Shotgun Ammunition Brenneke, Estate Cartridge, Federal Cartridge, Hornady, Remington, Winchester Ammo

Ammunition, often referred to as ammo, is a generic term meaning a projectile and its propellant.

The design of the ammunition is determined by its purpose; anti-personnel ammunition is often designed to break up or tumble inside the target, in order to maximize the damage done. Anti-personnel shells contain shrapnel and are designed to explode in mid-air, so its fragments will spread over a large area. Armor-piercing ammunition tends to be hard, sharp, and narrow, often with lubrication. Incendiary projectiles include a material such as white phosphorus which burns fiercely. Tracer ammunition emits light as it travels, allowing the gunner to see the path of bullets in flight while using a machine gun.

Ammunition, particularly that of small arms, is specified by an extremely wide range of designations derived from metric and English measurements, commercial firms' private systems, and the different requirements of armies of different countries.

Match-grade ammunition is of exceptional quality and consistency, intended for target-shooting competition.

The components of ammunition intended for rifles and munitions may be divided into these categories:

• explosives and propellants
• projectiles of all kinds
• cartridges

An explosive material is a material that either is chemically or otherwise energetically unstable or produces a sudden expansion of the material usually accompanied by the production of heat and large changes in pressure (and typically also a flash and/or loud noise) upon initiation; this is called the explosion.

A projectile is any object propelled through space by the exertion of a force, which ceases after launch. In a general sense, even a football or baseball may be considered a projectile. It can cause damage (injury, property damage) to a person, animal or object it hits, depending on factors including size, shape, speed and hardness. Accordingly, in practice most projectiles are designed as weapons.

A cartridge packages the bullet (also known as a "round"), gunpowder and primer into a single metallic case precisely made to fit the firing chamber of a firearm. The primer is a small charge of impact-sensitive chemical that may be located at the center of the case head (centerfire ammunition) or at its rim (rimfire ammunition). Electrically-fired cartridges have also been made. A cartridge without a bullet is called a blank, one that is completely inert is called a dummy.

Cartridges, like those used in rifles, handguns and machine guns (collectively known as small arms), are called Small Arms Ammunition.

A "round" is a single unit of ammunition; for a modern small arms cartridge this is the combination of bullet, propellant, primer and cartridge case in a single unit.

Large caliber guns often fire explosive-filled projectiles known as shells, non-explosive projectiles may be used for practice.

Large numbers of small projectiles intended to be fired all at once in a single discharge are also called shot; hand-held guns designed for this type of ammunition are generally known as shotguns.

Duds are explosive filled ordnance that fails to function as intended. A cartridge that fails to fire in the weapon is known as a misfire. Dud ammunition is regarded as highly dangerous, and most safety officials inform civilians to report finding of any large-bore duds to the local police or military.

Firearms

Beretta Mossberg Savage Browning Winchester Marlin Thompson Center Taurus Youth Rifles