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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. 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 ...

4. Shot tower - Wikipedia

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   Shot tower. A shot tower is a tower designed for the production of small-diameter shot balls by free fall of molten lead, which is then caught in a water basin. The shot is primarily used for projectiles in shotguns, and for ballast, radiation shielding, and other applications for which small lead balls are useful.

5. Shot (pellet) - Wikipedia

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   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. Shot shells are also available in many handgun ...

6. Full metal jacket (ammunition) - Wikipedia

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   Full metal jacket (ammunition) These .30-caliber (7.62 mm) full metal jacket bullets show the typical jacket openings exposing the lead alloy core on the base of the bullet to illustrate that a full metal jacket may not completely enclose the core. A full metal jacket (FMJ) bullet is a small-arms projectile consisting of a soft core (often lead ...

7. Bean bag round - Wikipedia

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   The bean bag round typically consists of a small fabric "pillow" filled with #9 lead shot weighing about 40 grams (1.4 oz). It is fired from a normal 12-gauge shotgun.When fired, the bag is expelled at around 70 to 90 metres per second (230 to 300 ft/s); it spreads out in flight and distributes its impact over about 6 square centimetres (1 sq in) of the target.

8. 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.

9. MAG-7 - Wikipedia

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   The M7 is a combination 12-gauge and 37mm / 38mm weapon based upon the standard MAG-7. It has a fixed metal stock and a top-mounted 37mm or 38 mm single-shot less-lethal launcher with a tilting barrel. The launcher is extremely reminiscent of the widely popular South African Milkor Stopper 37/38 mm riot gun, which Techno Arms now also ...