wad cutter
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wad cutter
[′wäd ‚kəd·ər] (ordnance)
Bullet designed for target shooting, shaped to cut a clean hole in a paper target.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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This projectile is a
wad cutter design, with a tapered hex-and-pin and utilizes a "Baby Rebated Boattail".
For those who definitely cannot handle recoil, the S&W Long 100 grain
wad cutter round clocks out at just fewer than 700 fps and could be the best choice for self-defense.
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