Quiz

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1. What is ammunition?

2. What are bullets made of?

3. What are the metallic covers on bullets called?

4. Name two types of handguns.

5. When was the first revolver invented?

6. Where did the Pepper-box Revolver get its name?

7. Name one rifle and one musket.

8. What is the difference between a smoothbore gun and a rifled gun?

9. True or false? The musket is the predecessor of modern day rifles.

10. What is artillery?

11. How did cannons fire ammunition?

12. Name three types of cannons.