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Shot-car′tridge.

A round of ammunition for a shot-gun. The shot are frequently inclosed in a wire-gauze case to prevent their scattering too much. In the example, a fibrous, elastic tube is tied at one end, and prepared with stearine or similar substance, applied hot in a former; the small shot being inserted, the other end is tied. For breech-loaders, the cartridge is inserted into a copper capsule charged with powder and fulminate, in any usual manner.

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