: The mid-19th century brought rifling, which improved accuracy. By the late 1800s, copper-jacketed bullets arrived, and the basic design of the modern cartridge was largely set. Unique Ammunition Stories
: By the 15th and 16th centuries, gunsmiths began molding molten lead into spheres. Lead became the standard because it was affordable and easy to shape.
Today, ammunition is a high-tech industry focused on precision and stability.
: A child of a Marine pilot in Hawaii was allowed to keep spent and live rounds from an M-60 machine gun range in 1972; these were rediscovered in an old trunk 50 years later.
Ammunition often becomes a piece of history, surviving decades in unexpected places.
: Gunpowder weapons were first invented in China around the 10th century. Early "bullets" were often just stones or metal scraps shoved into tubes.
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