Rumour had spread among them that their bullet cartridges were lubricated with pig and cow fat.
Lined up on the side cabinet in his family's living room are a dozen or so spent bullet cartridges.
The later development of the bullet cartridge accelerated the demise of the older technology.
Expecting an attack by slave traders, Cary and other men were making bullet cartridges.
What he did have in his hands was a semiautomatic pistol with a cross carved on each bullet cartridge.
Their failure to kill Eto was blamed on an insufficient amount of powder in the bullet cartridges.
There was a cup holder and in it were several steel capsules resembling bullet cartridges closed flat on both ends.
He opened his palm to display three spent bullet cartridges.
There is a small bullet cartridge inside, tiny, almost invisible at this distance.
"Did you find any spent bullet cartridges in Mr. Hale's car?"