Shotgun
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A shotgun is a weapon that is typically used to fire small pellets called shot. One Many types of ammunition exist for the shotgun, such as slugs(single projectile) and shots(a spread of pellets).
There are many diffrent actions used in shotguns, with break, pump and semi-auto being the most common. Break action shotguns are normally hand fed creating the need form the user to eject the spent shell and place a new one in its place. Pump action typicly feeds from a internal tube magaziene under the barrel, as do most semi-auto shotguns, although some modern types used in military like the Spas 15 are equipped with a magazine holding around 6 rounds.There are fully automatic shotguns the Jackhammer firing 240 rounds per minute, and the AA-12. the umb 1101 is a reasonable all around type shotgun as well
In the UK a Shotgun license is reasonably easy to obtain and once you have it you are permitted to own within reason as many shotguns as you like but they must not be able to hold more than three rounds at a time.
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