Archives: Glossary

A bullet manufactured specifically for ammunition issued to competitors at the National Matches.

A common designation for military cartridges produced under the specifications of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

A heating process used in cartridge case manufacture intended to relieve internal stresses in the neck area caused by cold working.

The dimensional difference between the diameter of the neck of a loaded cartridge case and the chamber.

The reduced diameter cylindrical portion of a cartridge case, extending from the bottom of the shoulder to the case mouth.

The curved surface between the neck and the shoulder of a cartridge case.

The operation performed by reloaders to reduce or restore the original neck diameter of a fired cartridge.

The circumferential stress that the case neck exerts on the seated bullet, as a result of the interference fit provided by the case neck inside diameter and the bullet outside diameter.

Average thickness of the wall of a cartridge case surrounding the bullet.

The use of case forming dies to reduce both the outside and inside diameter of a cartridge case neck.