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Little pellets, made out of lead or plastic, which is shot out of a bb gun.<gallery>Image:BB copper and nickel plated.jpg|BB's |
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Air gun pellets of the correct diameter, .177 caliber, (4.5 mm), can be loaded into many BB guns. |
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Another type of ammunition used in smooth bore air guns is the dart, which consists of a small, pointed metal body with a string tassel on the end. Darts are used only in low-powered guns for indoor target practice, and can be used in place of hand-thrown darts in a game of darts. The original air gun darts were used in very accurate, handmade, target guns used in formal competition in late 19th and early 20th Century Germany. Modern darts come in an additional form, the bolt (after crossbow bolts), which uses plastic fins in place of the tassels. |
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Copper and/or Zinc coated steel .177 caliber BBs usually weigh between 0.33-0.45 grams (about 1/3 of a gram); this weight depends partly on type; the typical values of common varieties are 0.33g or 0.36g (nominal) for standard weight to 0.45g for heavy variants. (Note: 0.177-inch diam: 0.450 cm: (0.0151*PI) cm^3 times 7.8 g/cm^3 for steel = ~0.372 g). A lead air gun pellet weighs about 7.9 gr (about 1/2 of a gram. |
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Revision as of 23:15, 19 August 2009
Little pellets, made out of lead or plastic, which is shot out of a bb gun.
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BB's
Air gun pellets of the correct diameter, .177 caliber, (4.5 mm), can be loaded into many BB guns.
Another type of ammunition used in smooth bore air guns is the dart, which consists of a small, pointed metal body with a string tassel on the end. Darts are used only in low-powered guns for indoor target practice, and can be used in place of hand-thrown darts in a game of darts. The original air gun darts were used in very accurate, handmade, target guns used in formal competition in late 19th and early 20th Century Germany. Modern darts come in an additional form, the bolt (after crossbow bolts), which uses plastic fins in place of the tassels.
Copper and/or Zinc coated steel .177 caliber BBs usually weigh between 0.33-0.45 grams (about 1/3 of a gram); this weight depends partly on type; the typical values of common varieties are 0.33g or 0.36g (nominal) for standard weight to 0.45g for heavy variants. (Note: 0.177-inch diam: 0.450 cm: (0.0151*PI) cm^3 times 7.8 g/cm^3 for steel = ~0.372 g). A lead air gun pellet weighs about 7.9 gr (about 1/2 of a gram.