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What is a cannelure?

What is a cannelure? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (firearms) A ringlike groove, such as that around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling.
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Just as important with the 1873 Winchester system, the cannelure was positioned correctly for a good crimp, with an overall length sufficient to feed from the magazine.
Bullets chosen, all of which have proven in the past to have a cannelure located for the proper OAL for the Marlin 1895 action, were Hornady's 300 gr.
It had a brass rimless case with a bullet-seating cannelure, and was loaded with a 230-grain, cupronickel-jacketed bullet traveling at 800 fps.
If the bullet has a cannelure, adjusting the resizing die to roll-crimp the mouth of the case into it is the best way to prevent or at least minimize bullet movement.
It has the cannelure which is located at the rear, on the portion of bullets of this type.
That is the groove around the base of the bullet, also known as the cannelure?

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