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2. Shotgun cartridge - Wikipedia

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   This measurement comes from the time when early cannons were designated in a similar manner—a "12 pounder" would be a cannon that fired a 12-pound (5.4 kg) cannonball; inversely, an individual "12-gauge" shot would in fact be a 1 ⁄ 12 pounder. Thus, a 10-gauge shotgun has a larger-diameter barrel than a 12-gauge shotgun, which has a larger ...

3. Gauge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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   left-to-right: .410 bore, 28 gauge, 20 gauge, and 12 gauge shotgun shells. The six most common shotgun gauges, in descending order of size, are the 10 gauge, 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge, 28 gauge, and .410 bore. [7] By far the most popular is the 12 gauge, [7] particularly in the United States. [8] The 20-gauge shotgun is the next most popular ...

4. Military 12-gauge cartridges - Wikipedia

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   Initial issue with each shotgun was one hundred commercial-production paper-cased shotgun shells containing nine 00 buckshot pellets 0.33 inches (8.4 mm) in diameter. These cartridges became wet in the muddy trench warfare environment; and swelled paper cases would no longer chamber reliably.

5. Shotgun - Wikipedia

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   Table of shotgun chokes for a 12-gauge shotgun using lead shot Constriction (micrometres) Constriction (inches) American name British name Percentage of shot in a 76 cm (30 in) circle at 37 m (40 yd) Total spread at 37 m (cm) Total spread at 40 yds (in) Effective range (m) Effective range (yd) 0.000: Cylinder: 40: 150: 59: 18: 20 127.005: Skeet ...

6. .410 bore - Wikipedia

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   For example, the barrel of a 12-gauge shotgun is equal to the diameter of a 1/12 of a pound lead ball (0.729 in) and a 20-gauge can fit a 1/20 pound lead ball (0.615 in). Using this method, a .410 bore is equivalent to a (hypothetical) 67-gauge, instead of the incorrectly labeled 36 gauge (0.506) in Europe and South America.

7. 20-gauge shotgun - Wikipedia

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   The 20-gauge shotgun, also known as 20 bore, is a type of smoothbore shotgun. 20-gauge shotguns have a bore diameter of .615 in (15.6 mm), while the 12-gauge has a bore diameter of .729 in (18.5 mm). [ 2 ] 12-gauge and 20-gauge shotguns are the most popular gauges in the United States .

8. Standard Manufacturing DP-12 - Wikipedia

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   The DP-12 is a bullpup 12-gauge pump action double-barreled shotgun designed by Standard Manufacturing.It has two tube magazines, each of which feeds its own barrel.Each magazine tube can hold up to seven 2.75-inch (70 mm) 12-gauge shotshells or six 3-inch (76 mm) shotgun shells; [1] 16 (2 + 3 ⁄ 4") or 14 (3") in total with indicator windows.

9. List of shotguns - Wikipedia

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   12 gauge South Africa: 1995 Marlin Model 55: Marlin Firearms Company: 10 gauge 12 gauge 16 gauge 20 gauge United States: 1954 MAUL (shotgun) Metal Storm: 12 gauge Australia: Molot Bekas-M: Vyatskiye Polyany: 12 gauge 16 gauge Russia: 1999 Mossberg 500: O.F. Mossberg & Sons: 12 gauge 20 gauge.410 bore United States: 1960 Mossberg 590: O.F ...