"Ammunition" means an object consisting of all of the following components: a fixed metallic or nonmetallic hull casing containing a primer; one or more projectiles, one or more bullets, or shot; and gunpowder. All of the specified components shall be present for an object to be ammunition. As used in this section, ammunition shall not include, without limitation, blank ammunition, air gun pellets, flare gun ammunition, nail gun ammunition, paint ball ammunition, or any non-fixed ammunition.
"Handgun ammunition" means ammunition designed such that it may be used in a handgun, including ammunition specifically designed to be used only in a handgun, as well as ammunition intended for use in any other firearm and which may be interchangeable between rifles and handguns. "Handgun ammunition" shall not include ammunition specifically designed to be used only in a rifle or shotgun.
N.J.S. § 2C:58-3.3