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5.56 NATO, black powder

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5.56x45mm ammunition with a 62gr FMJ bullet containing a steel penetrator. Originally designed for the M249 FN Minimi, M855 was designed to penetrate steel helmets and light cover at range, sacrificing terminal performance and accuracy in the process. The limited yaw and fragmentation is worsened with shorter-barreled carbines shooting this round, and optimization of barrel twist for stabilization of the tracer variant of M855 has resulted in lackluster accuracy overall.
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5.56 NATO, reloaded

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5.56x45mm ammunition with a 62gr FMJ bullet containing a steel penetrator. Originally designed for the M249 FN Minimi, M855 was designed to penetrate steel helmets and light cover at range, sacrificing terminal performance and accuracy in the process. The limited yaw and fragmentation is worsened with shorter-barreled carbines shooting this round, and optimization of barrel twist for stabilization of the tracer variant of M855 has resulted in lackluster accuracy overall.
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5.7x28mm, black powder

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5.7x28mm ammunition with a 31gr AP FMJ bullet. The 5.7x28mm cartridge was designed by FN Herstal to replace the 9x19mm round in NATO use. Although the project to replace 9x19mm Parabellum was effectively canceled, the 5.7x28mm round has seen action in many conflicts and has proven to be reliable. It has very low recoil but lacks its usual armor penetration due to using a simple lead bullet rather than a proper factory-made penetrator projectile.
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7.7x58mm Japanese JSP, black powder

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This is a 7.7x58mm Arisaka cartridge loaded with a 174 gr soft point bullet, excellent against larger game and, now, zombies. Adopted as the Japanese empire's standard service cartridge in 1939 (though chambered in machine guns before then) to replace the less potent 6.5x50mm Arisaka round, the 7.7mm bullet was, while more deadly, never quite able to supplant the older munitions. Having acquired a following as a hunting cartridge before the Cataclysm, mainly due to the prevalence of captured or surrendered Japanese rifles, the round was more common than its older 6.5x50mm counterpart.
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7.7x58mm Japanese JSP, reloaded

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This is a 7.7x58mm Arisaka cartridge loaded with a 174 gr soft point bullet, excellent against larger game and, now, zombies. Adopted as the Japanese empire's standard service cartridge in 1939 (though chambered in machine guns before then) to replace the less potent 6.5x50mm Arisaka round, the 7.7mm bullet was, while more deadly, never quite able to supplant the older munitions. Having acquired a following as a hunting cartridge before the Cataclysm, mainly due to the prevalence of captured or surrendered Japanese rifles, the round was more common than its older 6.5x50mm counterpart.
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