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wildcat cartridge

Military; Firearms

A custom cartridge for which ammunition and firearms are not mass produced. These cartridges are often created in order to optimize a certain performance characteristic (such as ...

wildcat

Military; Firearms

A custom cartridge for which ammunition and firearms are not mass produced. These cartridges are often created in order to optimize a certain performance characteristic (such as ...

windage

Military; Firearms

The side-to-side adjustment of a sight, used to change the horizontal component of the aiming point. See also Kentucky windage.

x-ring

Military; Firearms

A circle in the middle of a shooting target bullseye used to determine winners in event of a tie.

yaw

Military; Firearms

The heading of a bullet, used in external ballistics that refers to how the Magnus effect causes bullets to move out of a straight line based on their spin.