Rifle case

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British rifle cartridge, with an effective range of 275 m, from the First World War

A rifle cartridge is a cartridge which consists of a cylindrical tin can (hence a rifle cartridge) which is filled with 50-250 g heavy balls and closed at the ends by strong metal disks, known as traction sheaves. The rifle cartridge for smooth guns also has a wooden cartridge mirror for attaching the cartridge. The sleeve grapeshot usually contains 40-60 balls of hard lead or zinc - antimony - alloy . The filling of the can is held in place by a pouring of molten sulfur . The effective distance was a maximum of 500 m.

Since shrapnel was perfected at the beginning of the 20th century, the grape rapeseed has lost a lot of its importance.

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