Among the gifts his son had brought was a Beretta 92 pistol with two clips and a box of ammunition.

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Transcripts from the court martial showed that as well as the pistol, about 300 rounds of live ammunition were found in a box.

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The transcripts showed that Sgt Nightingale had 122 live rounds of 9mm ammunition, 40 live rounds of 7.62 ammunition, 50 frangible rounds of 9mm ammunition, 50 live rounds of armour piecing ammunition, two live rounds of .308 ammunition and 74 live rounds of 5.56 ammunition in "a plastic box under the bed".

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