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The mid-size 20-gauge is also a very popular chambering for smaller-framed shooters who favor its reduced recoil, those hunting smaller game, and experienced trap and skeet shooters who like the additional challenge of hitting their targets with a smaller shot charge. Other less-common, but commercially available gauges are 16 and 28.
Shot pellets used in waterfowl hunting must be lead-free in the United States, Canada, and in the European Union. [14] [15] [16] Lead shot is also banned within an eight-county area in California designated as the condor's range. As of 2011, thirty-five states prohibited lead shot use in such specially-specified areas when hunting. [17]
Single-shot, with break-open or Martini versions An 1892 advertisement for rook and rabbit rifles by the Charles Lancaster company. The rook rifle , originally called the rook and rabbit rifle , is an obsolete English single-shot small calibre rifle intended for shooting small game, particularly rook shooting .
Shotguns in .410 loaded with shot shells are well suited for small game hunting and pest control. Such game or pests include rabbits, squirrels, snakes, rats, and birds. A .410 loaded with 1/4 ounce slugs is effective against larger animals such as coyotes and deer.
Size nine (#9) shot is the smallest size normally used for hunting and is used on small upland game birds such as dove and quail. Larger sizes are used for hunting larger upland game birds and waterfowl. Buckshot is similar to but larger than birdshot, and was originally designed for hunting larger game, such as deer (hence the name).
While the 20-gauge is generally perceived to have less felt recoil than the 12-gauge, there are too many variables, including gun weight, type of shotgun, stock pattern, shot weight, shell size, etc. for that opinion to be a fact. [9] [10] There may be little to no difference between the two when using target ammunition.
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Snake shot may not cycle reliably in semi-automatic pistols. Shot shells have also been historically issued to soldiers, to be used in standard issue rifles and handguns. The .45-70 "forager" round, which contained a thin wooden bullet filled with birdshot, was intended for hunting small game to supplement the soldiers' rations.