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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. [3] By far the most popular is the 12 gauge, [3] particularly in the United States. [4]
The 4, 8, 24, and 32 gauge guns are collector items. There are also some shotguns measured by diameter, rather than gauge. These are the .410 (10.4mm), .380 (9mm), and .22 (5.5mm); these are correctly called ".410 bore", not ".410-gauge". The .410 bore is the smallest shotgun size which is widely available commercially in the United States.
12 Gauge 16 Gauge 20 Gauge United States: 1909 Stoeger Coach Gun: E.R. Amantino: 12 gauge Brazil: Stoeger Condor: E.R. Amantino: 12 gauge 16 gauge 20 gauge.410 bore Brazil: Tavor TS12: IWI: 12 Gauge Israel: 2018 TOZ-106: Tula Arms Plant Russia: 1993 TOZ-194: Tula Arms Plant: 12 gauge Russia: 1990s USAS-12: Daewoo Precision Industries: 12 gauge ...
Remington 1100 Tactical Shotgun. 1963: 12 gauge; 1964: 16 gauge; 1964: 20 gauge; 1969: .410 bore; 1970: Matched Pair in .410 bore and 28 gauge; 1970: 20 gauge Lightweight—LW; 1977: 20 gauge Lightweight—LT; Through the years, there have been numerous limited editions and commemorative models. [example needed]
Shotguns are classed according to gauge, a related expression. The gauge of a shotgun refers to how many lead spheres, each with a diameter equal to that of the bore, that amounts to one pound (454 g (1.0 lb)) in weight. In the case of a 12-gauge (18.5 mm) shotgun, it would take 12 spheres the size of the shotgun's bore to equal a pound. [12]
12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge, .410 bore: Action: ... New Haven 600 is a series of pump-action shotguns manufactured by O.F. Mossberg ... but differ in bore size ...
The Winchester Model 1200 pump action shotgun employs a rotating bolt in a bolt carrier (slide) rather than the tilting breechblock used in the Model 12. [10] The Model 1200 was the second shotgun design to utilize a rotating bolt; the Armalite AR-17 being the first. [6] The bolt locks directly into the barrel and has four locking lugs.
Shotguns were developed as essentially small cannons, having been first named in Kentucky in the 18th Century; their size, expressed in gauge, is expressed in the fraction of a pound that a round shot of a diameter equal to their barrel bore diameter would be. Hence, a 12 gauge shotgun has a bore that is equivalent in diameter to a round shot ...