"modern" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Of course, the weapon had been rebarrelled and proofed to accommodate the longer modern cartridges and smokeless powders.
- It kicked less than she'd expected; black powder hadn't the force of modern cartridges.
- Soldiers often used pre-made "cartridges", which unlike modern cartridges were not inserted whole into the weapon.
- Powder is generally of the "smokeless" type in modern cartridges, although on occasion the older "black" powder more commonly known as "gunpowder" may be used.
- Unlike a modern cartridge, this paper cartridge was not simply loaded into the weapon and fired.
- A somewhat different form of the bandolier came into use in the 20th century when it accompanied modern cartridges and hand grenades.
- After 1861, new brass cartridges similar to modern cartridges replaced the paper cartridge, but Gatling did not switch to them immediately.
- Unlike a modern cartridge, the entire cartridge was not simply shoved into the weapon.
- While the .505 Gibbs has a greater case capacity than most modern cartridges, it is loaded to lower pressures.
- (Note: a modern cartridge, the 6.5mm Grendel, very closely duplicates the ballistics of the 6.5x54mm.)
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