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Does the phrase derive from the length of ammunition belts in World War II aircraft?
But the spirit of the response was best summed up by Ray from Seattle who, after repeating the (now disproved) theory that the expression derives from the length of ammunition belts in World War II-era aircraft, declared: "That's my conviction — and I'm sticking to it!" Some readers did try to inject a bit of hard textual evidence into the debate.
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Despite the considerable length of the pistol's 5.7×28mm ammunition, the grip is not particularly unwieldy the distance from the trigger to the back of the grip measures 69.85 mm, which is identical to a U.S. Military issue M9 pistol chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum.
He had plenty of ammunition.
Hungary and Poland have plenty of ammunition.
The box of ammunition.
"We were out of ammunition, everything".
They will certainly have plenty of ammunition.
Still, Mr. Loeb has plenty of ammunition.
He added, "We ran out of ammunition".
I had plenty of ammunition.
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