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2. Shotgun slug - Wikipedia

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   A shotgun slug is a heavy projectile (a slug) made of lead, copper, or other material and fired from a shotgun. Slugs are designed for hunting large game, and other uses, particularly in areas near human population where their short range and slow speed helps increase safety margin. The first effective modern shotgun slug was introduced by ...

3. Sabot (firearms) - Wikipedia

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   Sabot (firearms) APFSDS long rod penetrator separating from "double-ramp" sabot. [1] Diagram showing the operation of a discarding " spindle -shaped" sabot on an APDS-projectile. A sabot (UK: / sæˈboʊ, ˈsæboʊ /, US: / ˈseɪboʊ /) is a supportive device used in firearm / artillery ammunitions to fit/patch around a projectile, such as a ...

4. Shotgun cartridge - Wikipedia

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   Shotgun cartridge. A 12-gauge shotgun cartridge in a transparent plastic hull, allowing the contents to be seen. From left to right: brass, propellant, over-powder wad, shot wad, #8 birdshot, over-shot wad, and crimp. A shotgun cartridge, shotshell, or shell is a type of rimmed, cylindrical (straight-walled) ammunition used specifically in ...

5. Shotgun - Wikipedia

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   Shotgun. A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, peppergun, [1] or historically as a fowling piece) is a long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge known as a shotshell, which discharges numerous small spherical projectiles called shot, or a single solid projectile called a slug.

6. 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. [3][4] The 20-gauge is popular among upland game hunters ...

7. H&R Ultraslug Hunter - Wikipedia

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   H&R Ultraslug Hunter. The H & R Ultraslug Hunter is a rifled, single shot deer shotgun made by H & R Firearms. It is accurate with saboted slugs up to 200 yards. It comes in 12 and 20 gauges and has a factory mounted scope base. This gun costs approximately US$250. Saboted slugs cost about US$15 for 5 shells. The Ultra slug barrel is a "Heavy ...

8. Slug barrel - Wikipedia

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   The degree of deformation is most acute with fuller chokes, which were among the most widely used in stock shotguns up until the 1980s and 1990s. Early shotgun slugs were "rifled" with deformable fins cast into the outside of the soft lead slug, which allowed the slug to swage down to fit the choke. With an open choke, the reduction in diameter ...

9. Atchisson AA-12 - Wikipedia

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   The AA-12 (auto assault-12), originally designed and known as the Atchisson Assault Shotgun, is an automatic combat shotgun developed in 1972 by Maxwell Atchisson (however, the original development by Atchisson seems to have produced only a few guns at prototype-level, with the development that ultimately led to the gun entering the market being done later by Military Police Systems, Inc. [6]).