The idea came to him during reserve duty while dismantling cardboard boxes containing cartridges.

The semi-automatic was loaded with a seventeen-round magazine containing nine-millimeter cartridges.

Cliff had come equipped with an automatic that contained blank cartridges.

Dropping the gun had been folly, since it still contained useful cartridges.

My companion in crime now unrolled a postage-stamp containing several cartridges, and gave me one of them.

Sold online and in many shopping malls, the devices generally contain cartridges filled with nicotine, flavor, and other chemicals.

The weapon was Laverock's revolver, and two of its chambers contained empty cartridges.

He cracked the revolver open and found that its chambers contained empty cartridges.

He had grabbed a handful of cartridges from his pocket, which contained both blank and live cartridges.

He ejected the clip, confirmed that it contained cartridges, replaced it, and put the pistol in his hip pocket.