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* In ''ComicBook/{{Snikt}}'', the only thing that can harm the Mandate is Adamantium, which is incredibly scarce. By the time ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} is brought into the future to fight the Mandate, the local resistance is down to just 17 Adamantium bullets, after which point they would be helpless against the Mandate hordes. These bullets are used very sparingly.
* In ''ComicBook/SinCity'', during a car chase/shoot-out, Hartigan narrates about how Junior is throwing away bullets, not taking the time to aim. He then proves his point by taking careful aim, and hitting Junior.

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* ''ComicBook/SinCity'': During a car chase/shoot-out, Hartigan narrates about how Junior is throwing away bullets, not taking the time to aim. He then proves his point by taking careful aim, and hitting Junior.
* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'':
In ''ComicBook/{{Snikt}}'', ''ComicBook/WolverineSnikt'', the only thing that can harm the Mandate is Adamantium, which is incredibly scarce. By the time ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Wolverine is brought into the future to fight the Mandate, the local resistance is down to just 17 Adamantium bullets, after which point they would be helpless against the Mandate hordes. These bullets are used very sparingly.
* In ''ComicBook/SinCity'', during a car chase/shoot-out, Hartigan narrates about how Junior is throwing away bullets, not taking the time to aim. He then proves his point by taking careful aim, and hitting Junior.
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* ''VideoGame/Ashes2063'': Survival difficulty cuts all ammo pickups (even shop purchases) by half, but at the same time, all attacks hit harder. Which bullets to use and when becomes integral to the gameplay.

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* ''VideoGame/Ashes2063'': Survival difficulty cuts all ammo pickups (even shop purchases) by half, but at the same time, all attacks hit harder. Which Picking and choosing which bullets to use and when becomes integral to the gameplay.
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* In ''Series/TheExpanse'', The Roci is explicitly supposed to hold ten thousand PDC rounds in her magazines and she can burn through those very quickly. Rearming is an issue, because few are willing to supply a salvaged Martian warship. At one point, the crew have to resort to salvaging ammo from a wrecked Martian flotilla. The Roci also carries a limited, but unknown, number of torpedoes that can run out in a single engagement.

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* In ''Series/TheExpanse'', The Roci ''[[CoolShip Rocinante]]'' is explicitly supposed to hold ten thousand PDC Personal Defense Cannon rounds in her magazines and she can burn through those very quickly. Rearming is an issue, because few are willing to supply a salvaged Martian warship. At one point, the crew have to resort to salvaging ammo from a wrecked Martian flotilla. The Roci ''Rocinante'' also carries a limited, but unknown, number of torpedoes that can run out in a single engagement.
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** This comes up again in ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'': the crew of the Big Rig have several guns, but they all have limited ammunition. The sniper rifle, their biggest gun, only has four rounds, and Max wastes one on a shot he's not able to make before handing it over to Furiosa.
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* NYPD Det. John [=McClane=], the protagonist of ''Film/DieHard'', uses the [=MP5=] SMG, which he stole off of a hostage taker, sparingly, preferring to use the more ammunition efficient Beretta 92. John only shoots as many bullets as is necessary to kill the hostage takers.

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* NYPD Det. John [=McClane=], the protagonist of ''Film/DieHard'', uses the [=MP5=] SMG, which he stole off of a hostage taker, sparingly, preferring to use the more ammunition efficient Beretta 92. John only shoots as many bullets as is necessary to kill the hostage takers. He is not, however, immune to panic fire: when he is trapped by Hans and Karl, he fires so much ammunition that he throws away the [=MP5=] when he runs out of ammo.

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* In ''Film/Deadpool2016'', Deadpool yells out that there are more mooks than bullets, so they're going to have to share.

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* In ''Film/Deadpool2016'', in the first big action scene, Deadpool yells out realizes that there he forgot to bring any extra ammunition for his guns, and spends the scene counting down his rounds.
--> '''Deadpool''': I only brought twelve bullets so [[BadassBoast some of you
are more mooks than bullets, so they're going to have to share.share!]]
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* ''Webcomic/{{Jailbreak}}'': One prisoner finds an unused handgun in a cell containing two other dead inmates. When deciding on whether or not to give another living prisoner a MercyKill with it, he decides to hold off in the case that he needs the ammo to shoot himself later, and instead uses a harpoon he had on hand on the other man. He does end up killing himself, but only after the two became FireForgedFriends and escaped prison together; once the other man bled out, he felt there was nothing left to do but die.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Jailbreak}}'': One prisoner finds an unused handgun in a cell containing two other dead inmates. When deciding on whether or not to give another living prisoner a MercyKill with it, he decides to hold off in the case that he needs the ammo to shoot himself later, and instead uses a harpoon he had on hand on the other man. He does end up killing turning the gun on himself, but only after the two became FireForgedFriends and escaped prison together; once the other man bled out, he felt there was nothing left to do but die.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Jailbreak}}'': One prisoner finds an unused handgun in a cell containing two other dead inmates. When deciding on whether or not to give another living prisoner a MercyKill with it, he decides to hold off in the case that he needs the ammo to shoot himself later, and instead uses a harpoon he had on hand on the other man. He does end up killing himself, but only after the two became FireForgedFriends and escaped prison together; once the other man bled out, he felt there was nothing left to do but die.
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