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  2. .410 bore - Wikipedia

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    Full length brass shells can be found and are reloadable. Brass shells can be made from .444 Marlin rifle cartridges, and these are reloadable [citation needed]. 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.

  3. Shotgun cartridge - Wikipedia

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    For example, a cartridge containing a 3 or 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-dram load of black powder was a common hunting field load, and a heavy full-power load would have contained about a 4 to 4 + 1 ⁄ 2-dram load, whereas a cartridge containing only a 2-dram load of black powder was a common target practice load. A hunter looking for a field or full-power ...

  4. Garden gun - Wikipedia

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    Small .410 gauge shotguns such as the Snake Charmer, Rossi Tuffy, and H&R Tamer are also commonly used by gardeners and farmers for pest control, and are sometimes called "garden guns". .410 shotguns loaded with shot shells are well-suited for small game hunting and pest control, including rabbits, squirrels, snakes, rats, and birds.

  5. Hunting weapon - Wikipedia

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    This method is still used mainly for hunting small game, and, occasionally, for hunting deer with buckshot, but modern shotguns can also be used for bigger game (deer, bear, etc.) when loaded with slugs. Hunting shotguns are shoulder-fired weapons, and are generally smoothbores, but guns designed to fire slugs may have rifled barrels.

  6. Snake shot - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. 20-gauge shotgun - Wikipedia

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    Loads for waterfowl will tend to produce more felt recoil in a 12-gauge shotgun than in a 20, but this may not be the case depending on the gun used. [9] Full-power 20-gauge shells fired from a light 5 lb (2.3 kg) gun will have more felt recoil than those fired from a heavy 7 lb (3.2 kg) gun. [ 11 ]

  8. Shotgun - Wikipedia

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    Shotguns intended for all-round hunting are a compromise, but a 72 to 74 cm (28–29 in) barrel pump-action 12-gauge shotgun with a modified choke can serve admirably for use as one gun intended for general all-round hunting of small-game such as quails, rabbits, pheasants, doves, and squirrels in semi-open wooded or farmland areas in many ...

  9. Snake Charmer (shotgun) - Wikipedia

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    The Rossi Tuffy is a single-shot .410-bore shotgun. It features half-length thumb-hole polymer stock that holds four additional shot-shells and strongly resembles the original Snake Charmer. Unlike its predecessor, it has ejectors that automatically expel spent shells. The H&R Snake Tamer is also a Snake Charmer like