<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (August 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (August 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> A bullet is a component of firearm ammunition and is the projectile expelled from the firearm's barrel . The term is from Middle French and originated as the diminutive of the word boulle (boullet), which means "small ball". Bullets are made of a variety of materials such as copper, lead, steel, polymer, rubber and even wax . They are available either singly as in muzzleloading and cap and ball firearms, or as a component of paper cartridges and much more commonly metallic cartridges . Bullets are made in a large number of shapes and constructions depending on the intended applications, including specialized functions such as hunting, target shooting, training and combat . </P> <P> Though the word "bullet" is often used incorrectly in colloquial language to refer to a cartridge, a bullet is not a cartridge but rather a component of one . A cartridge is a combination package of the bullet, casing, propellant and primer . This use of the term "bullet" when "cartridge" is intended often leads to confusion when the components of a cartridge are intended . </P>

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