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2. Caliber conversion device - Wikipedia

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   Shotgun conversion sleeves may be called subgauge inserts, subgauge tubes, or gauge reducers. Sleeves intended for rifle or handgun cartridges may have rifled barrels. Additional variations may allow centerfire weapons to fire rimfire ammunition and/or retain autoloading function with the smaller cartridge.

3. M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System - Wikipedia

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   Caliber: 12 gauge; Operation: Manual Straight pull bolt-action. Capacity: 3 or 5 round detachable box magazine. Ammunition: 2.75 (70mm) and 3 in (76mm) lethal, non-lethal and breaching rounds. Barrel length: 7.75 in (197 mm) with integral breaching stand-off adapter. Under-barrel configuration: Overall length: 16.5 in (419 mm) Weight: 2 lb 11 ...

4. Gauge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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   Gauge was determined from the weight of a solid sphere of lead that will fit the bore of the firearm and is expressed as the multiplicative inverse of the sphere's weight as a fraction of a pound, e.g., a one-twelfth pound lead ball fits a 12-gauge bore. Therefore with a 12-gauge, it would take 12 balls of lead of the same size as the 12 gauge ...

5. Military 12-gauge cartridges - Wikipedia

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   Military use of combat shotguns through the 20th century has created a need for ammunition maximizing the combat effectiveness of such weapons within the limitations of international law. 12-gauge has been widely accepted as an appropriate bore diameter to provide an effective number of projectiles within an acceptable recoil. Early 12-gauge ...

6. Knight's Armament Company Masterkey - Wikipedia

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   Individual soldiers were often forced to carry a breaching shotgun in addition to their standard-issue rifle, but the Masterkey removes this need. The system consists of a shortened Remington 870 12 gauge pump-action intended to be mounted under a firearm's barrel, similarly to the M203 grenade launcher. It has a 3-round internal tubular ...

7. Shotgun cartridge - Wikipedia

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   For example, a shotgun is called "12-gauge" because a lead sphere that just fits the inside diameter of the barrel weighs 1 ⁄ 12 pound (38 g). This measurement comes from the time when early cannons were designated in a similar manner—a "12 pounder" would be a cannon that fired a 12-pound (5.4 kg) cannonball; inversely, an individual "12 ...

8. List of semi-automatic shotguns - Wikipedia

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   12 gauge, 12 Gauge Special SA FA SG Detachable box magazine United States: 1980s Akdal MKA 1919: Akdal Arms (Ucyildiz Arms A.Ş.) 12 gauge: SA SG Detachable box magazine Turkey: 2006 AK12 Tactical 12/76 [1] [2] Sino Defense Manufactung 12 gauge: SA SG Detachable box magazine China: Armscor Model 30: Armscor: 12 gauge: SA SG Tubular magazine ...

9. Shotgun - Wikipedia

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   Lever shotguns have seen a return to the gun market in recent years, however, with Winchester producing the Model 9410 (chambering the .410 gauge shotgun shell and using the action of the Winchester Model 94 series lever-action rifle, hence the name), and a handful of other firearm manufacturers (primarily Norinco of China and ADI Ltd. of ...