10 shot 22 and overshot card 20 down the barrel towards the target the contact strips 39 and 31 slide easily out of contact with the chamber walls and over the edge of the holes 27 in the hull 26 to be sent downrange with the payload eliminating any need for relief cuts in said strips 39 31 as ignition and propulsion are almost instantaneous the laser illumination becomes irrelevant once the trigger is pulled if said cartridge is not fired it can be stored in the chamber of the firearm with the laser deactivated and without loss of battery life while the firearm is stored in a generally upright position outside the working angle of the positional switch 60 for example such as the position of a firearm leaning against a wall with the buttstock on the ground the cartridge can remain in the chamber with the laser off in a roughly upright storage position for the life of the battery approximately ten years alternatively the cartridge can be removed from the chamber and stored until desired the electrical circuit will be broken and the laser deactivate when the cartridge is removed from the chamber regardless of the angle at which the cartridge is held the cartridge can therefore be stored outside the chamber with the laser off in any position for the life of the battery should the battery lose its charge the cartridge will continue to be useful as a normal cartridge for another thirty years or more the utility of self contained tilt activated laser aimed ammunition for firearms is readily apparent cartridges.