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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