Ammunition
Handling Ammunition
Your responsibility:
- Use only ammunition specified for your firearm
- Store & carry ammunition in a safe & secure manner
- Follow safe loading practices
Caution! High impact, excessive heat, or contact by sharp objects can be dangerous to ammunition under certain circumstances.
Ammunition should be:
- Locked up - separate from firearms
- Stored - in original container or ammo box
- Sorted - and stored by caliber or gauge
- Carried - in original container or secure carrier
- Correct - ammunition used with its firearm
- Appropriate - round or soft point only in tubular magazines
- Checked - for good condition of ammunition before loading
Inside cartridges
Inside shotshells
Make sure your ammunition is the correct caliber and chambering or gauge and length for your gun.
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Understanding How a Gun Fires
- Cartridge or shot shell is loaded into the chamber.
- The firing pin strikes and ignites the primer.
- The primer ignites the powder.
- Expanding gasses propel the bullet or shot.
