Of course, the weapon had been rebarrelled and proofed to accommodate the longer modern cartridges and smokeless powders.
It kicked less than she'd expected; black powder hadn't the force of modern cartridges.
Soldiers often used pre-made "cartridges", which unlike modern cartridges were not inserted whole into the weapon.
Powder is generally of the "smokeless" type in modern cartridges, although on occasion the older "black" powder more commonly known as "gunpowder" may be used.
Unlike a modern cartridge, this paper cartridge was not simply loaded into the weapon and fired.
A somewhat different form of the bandolier came into use in the 20th century when it accompanied modern cartridges and hand grenades.
After 1861, new brass cartridges similar to modern cartridges replaced the paper cartridge, but Gatling did not switch to them immediately.
Unlike a modern cartridge, the entire cartridge was not simply shoved into the weapon.
While the .505 Gibbs has a greater case capacity than most modern cartridges, it is loaded to lower pressures.
(Note: a modern cartridge, the 6.5mm Grendel, very closely duplicates the ballistics of the 6.5x54mm.)
