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EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months agoIt’s not even over-analyzing. A revolver does not take shells; they use cartridges, which are not shells. That’s just a simple fact.
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EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months agoIt’s not even over-analyzing. A revolver does not take shells; they use cartridges, which are not shells. That’s just a simple fact.
zephr_c@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Uh, no. No it’s not. You can have a cartridge that fires a shell instead of a bullet. That is totally a thing.
EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
If that’s so, that is certainly interesting. Could you give me a source so I can learn more?
zephr_c@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Okay. I see the problem here. Shell doesn’t mean shotgun round. Bullet and shell are technical terms for the bit of a round that comes out of the business end of a weapon at high velocity. A bullet is a single, simple solid mass that follows a ballistic trajectory and just imparts kinetic force into whatever it hits. A shell is anything more complicated than that. Shotguns are just the small arms weapons that are most likely to use shells, but anything can, and it doesn’t have to be buckshot to be a shell. Even something as simple as a tracer round is technically a shell.
EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
…You know, thinking about it, I think you’re right. After all, artillery uses shells, and they’re not exactly buckshot, those things. Lol.