Ode to the lowly M1 Carbine...

[browningautorifle]

is a hold over from the old days when a standard round of ammunition consisted of a charge of powder and a single round lead ball.

I said that...and the marking on the box of .22 stating ball is correct. As in not tracer or AP... And FMJ is ball and so is a ball. Powder still doesn't have anything to do with it. You can't argue yourself into changing facts.