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2. Shot (pellet) - Wikipedia

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   Lead shot. Shot is a collective term for small spheres or pellets, often made of lead.These have been projected from slings since ancient times and were the original projectiles for shotguns and are still fired primarily from shotguns and grenade launchers, while they are less commonly used in riot guns.

3. Gauge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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   An n-gauge diameter means that a ball of lead (density 11.34 g/cm 3 or 0.4097 lb/in 3) with that diameter has a mass equal to ⁠ 1 / n ⁠ part of the mass of the international avoirdupois pound (approx. 454 grams), that is, that n such lead balls could be cast from a pound weight of lead.

4. Shotgun cartridge - Wikipedia

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   Lead shot is still the best ballistic performer, but environmental restrictions on the use of lead, especially with waterfowl, require steel, bismuth, or tungsten composites. Steel, being significantly less dense than lead, requires larger shot sizes, but is a good choice when lead is not legal and cost is a consideration.

5. Cartridge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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   Snake shot (AKA: bird shot, rat shot and dust shot) [57] refers to handgun and rifle rounds loaded with small lead shot. Snake shot is generally used for shooting at snakes, rodents, birds, and other pests at very close range. The most common snake shot cartridge is .22 Long Rifle loaded with No. 12 shot. From a standard rifle these can produce ...

6. .177 caliber - Wikipedia

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   .177 caliber or 4.5 mm caliber is the smallest diameter of pellets and BB shots widely used in air guns, and is the only caliber generally accepted for formal target competition. It is also sometimes used for hunting small game, like fowl .

7. Lead shot in deer carcasses is toxic to eagles, other animals ...

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   Bags of lead shot, for sale at on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, for sale at $56.99 in the Atterbury Shooting Complex in Edinburgh. Lead is commonly used in shotgun shells and bullet rounds found here.

8. People eating wild-shot pheasant ‘likely to be eating lead’

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   People eating pheasant killed by lead shot are “unwittingly eating lead, which is toxic”, according to a study. Researchers examined the carcasses of eight wild-shot common pheasants, killed ...

9. Lead shot confirmed in gut of poisoned eagle from Potato ...

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   This photo shows the seven lead shots that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service extracted from the body of a bald eagle, lodged in its digestive tract, after it was poisoned with lead and died Jan. 30 ...