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Old March 8th, 2006, 15:17   #1
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Information on BBs (Bulleted Breech?)

I first did a search on this website and found no results.
Then Further research on google returns no significant finds.
so i post here. sorry if this has been discussed from like 20 years ago.

I was looking through chinese airsoft websites and one of the website said
BBs (commonly refered to 6mm pellets in news) stands for "Bulleted Breech".

However a quick search on wikipedia returns the following:

"The name of the gun (BB guns) refers to the original ammunition it used, which came from the lead shot used in a shotgun shell. "BB" (0.18 inch) was the size between "B" and "BBB"; modern rounds are made of non-toxic steel, plastic, or copper, and are usually .177 caliber (4.5 mm). BB is often mistaken to stand for "ball bearing", which BB ammunition resembles, but there is little to suggest that this connection is intentional."
I dont really understand what all that means..(i dont have much shotgun knowledge)

anyone with any knowledge of this? more references would be nice. Thanks
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