'''Bullets''' are directed projectiles launched by compressive force from a [[firearm]]. In general, a bullet is a shaped piece of [[lead]] fired from a [[handgun]] or [[long gun]] on the compression wave from the rapidly burning gun powder. There are also bullets which are plated, coated, or filled, as well. [[Lead]] is still present, however, since it conforms to the barrel's riffling better than other harder metals. In the past, a few rifles have used a compressed air burst, but this has proven generally impractical. | '''Bullets''' are directed projectiles launched by compressive force from a [[firearm]]. In general, a bullet is a shaped piece of [[lead]] fired from a [[handgun]] or [[long gun]] on the compression wave from the rapidly burning gun powder. There are also bullets which are plated, coated, or filled, as well. [[Lead]] is still present, however, since it conforms to the barrel's riffling better than other harder metals. In the past, a few rifles have used a compressed air burst, but this has proven generally impractical. |