it is not the size of a grain of salt...its a grain of rice. and highly unlikely that they put them in the guns.....I have seen people/police departments put them in the stocks of their guns so they can be ID'ed down the road if it gets stolen because most people dont break the gun down and look where they put them.
No, more like salt:
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Or just the picture: