Fairly unlikely. Bullets are those little thingies that are inert chunks of metal that don't do much of anything all by themselves. If you couple a bullet with a shellcase, propellant powder and a primer, you have an assembly called a cartridge. Multiple cartridges are known as ammunition.
Bullets are to cartridges as flour is to bread, as cement is to concrete, etc.
Words have meanings.
“Words have meanings.”
You are correct. However, ‘bullet’ has become an accepted term for cartridges when one is not required to be technically correct.
Was just gonna write the same...
Are you implying those 100’s of rounds were sans bullets 9AKA blanks)? ;^)
Perhaps, but one can generally pick out the intended meaning. My wife once noticed one of my spare magazines (if someone said "clip" I would understand) and called me to let me know I had forgotten my bullets. I knew exactly what she meant and assured her I had plenty of bullets with me.
In the English language, context is often every bit as important as the word. "Magazine" has a number of definitions:
a periodical publication containing articles and illustrations, typically covering a particular subject or area of interest: "a car magazine" synonyms: journal · periodical · serial · supplement · quarterly · monthly · More a chamber for holding a supply of cartridges to be fed automatically to the breech of a gun.
a receptacle for storing and feeding film to a camera, CDs to a compact disc player, etc. a store for arms, ammunition, explosives, and provisions for use in military operations.
"Clip" also has a number of meanings:
clip 1 [ klip ] noun noun: clip · plural noun: clips a device, typically flexible or worked by a spring, for holding an object or objects together or in place. synonyms: fastener · clasp · hasp · catch · hook · buckle · lock a clip used to hold paper currency. a piece of jewelry fastened by a clip. synonyms: brooch · pin · badge a metal holder containing cartridges for an automatic firearm. synonyms: magazine · cartridge · cylinder verb verb: clip · third person present: clips · past tense: clipped · past participle: clipped fasten or be fastened with a clip or clips: "she clipped on a pair of diamond earrings" synonyms: fasten · attach · fix · join · pin · staple · tack clip 2 [ klip ] verb verb: clip · third person present: clips · past tense: clipped · past participle: clipped cut short or trim (hair, wool, nails, or vegetation) with shears or scissors: "clipping the hedge" synonyms: trim · prune · cut · snip · shorten · crop · shear · pare · lop · More trim or remove the hair or wool of (an animal): "how to clip your horse" cut off a thing or part of a thing with shears or scissors: "he clipped off a piece of wire" cut (a section) from a newspaper or magazine: "a photograph clipped from a magazine" synonyms: remove · cut out · snip out · tear out · detach pare the edge of (a coin), especially illicitly: "they clipped the edges of gold coins and melted the clippings down" speak (words) in a quick, precise, staccato manner: "“Yes?” The word was clipped short" process (an image) so as to remove the parts outside a certain area. truncate the amplitude of (a signal) above or below predetermined levels. strike briskly or with a glancing blow: "the steamroller clipped some parked cars" synonyms: hit · cuff · strike · smack · slap · box · clout · whack · wallop · More N. Amer. swindle or rob (someone): "in all the years he ran the place, he was clipped only three times" US move quickly in a specified direction: "we clip down the track" noun noun: clip · plural noun: clips an act of clipping or trimming something: "I gave him a full clip" synonyms: trim · cut · crop · haircut · shear a short sequence taken from a movie or broadcast: "clips from earlier shows" synonyms: extract · excerpt · snippet · cutting · fragment · trailer the quantity of wool clipped from a sheep or flock. a quick or glancing blow: "you need a clip on the jaw" synonyms: smack · cuff · slap · clout · whack · wallop · sock a specified speed or rate of movement, especially when rapid: "we crossed the dance floor at a fast clip" synonyms: speed · rate · pace · velocity · lick Powered by OxfordDictionaries · © Oxford University Press
Proper use of the language is desirable but nitpicking it can cause one to totally miss the point of the article or post - especially when the real meaning of a misused word is easily determined with little or no thought.