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	The Shotgun
		Shotguns are pretty limited on the number of shots they hold even though each shot does put out a lot of lead at one time.
		The most accurate way to fire a dual grip shotgun like this is to hold and aim it like a bow, pulling apart by the grips and sighting down the barrel as you would pull the string away from the bow and sight down the arrow.
		Slugs are favored hunting loads in areas where longer range rifles may prove dangerous to unintended targets.
	www.savvysurvivor.com /basic/shotgun.htm (2245 words)

	Shotgun Slugs
		Rifled slugs are probably the most dangerous type of ammunition to use in a wooded area crowded with hunters and other humans, as they plow through visually impenetrable brush, leaves, and small tree limbs with aplomb.
		Brenneke rifled slugs still use felt and fiber wads, and are suitable for use in smooth or rifled shotgun barrels.
		Shotgun slug loads intended to be fired from smooth bore barrels manage to combine the worst properties of any hunting projectile: marginal accuracy, low velocity, low sectional density, low ballistic coefficient, rainbow trajectory, and heavy recoil.
	www.chuckhawks.com /shotgun_slugs.htm (2442 words)

	Shotguns in hunting situations
		Shotguns are smoothbore firearms (they do not have a rifling inside the barrel) that are used for short to medium range shooting.
		Shotguns are designed to withstand much smaller pressures developed in the chamber when firing than do rifles, therefore shotgun barrels are thinner-walled than rifle barrels.
		Shotgun barrel is not uniform in diameter from chamber to muzzle.
	www.ainaco.com /pavel/hec/shotgun.html (1192 words)

	Shotgun slug - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Many shotgun slugs are designed to be stable when fired from a smoothbore barrel, which lacks the rifling normally used to stabilize the projectile.
		A shotgun firing a round ball is similar in performance to a smoothbore musket, and the restriction of the spherical shape limits the sectional density possible for a lead projectile of a given bore diameter.
		Shotgun slugs intended for use in smoothbore barrels need to be made out of very soft lead alloys or have a compressible sabot, as they must be able to fit through the restrictive choke present in most shotgun barrels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shotgun_slug (1003 words)

	Selection of best ammunition for a defensive shotgun
		Slugs are huge hunks of soft lead, grooved on the sides to promote rotation and stability in flight.
		Because slug loads must be carefully aimed like a rifle or handgun, their use ruins the shotgun's main advantage: superior hit probability.
		The exception is the.410 shotgun (pronounced "four ten"), which is actually the bore diameter expressed in hundredths of an inch, in a manner similar to handgun and rifle calibers.
	www.internetarmory.com /shotgun_ammo.htm (1194 words)

	SAIGA 12. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the 'Saiga-12' shotgun due to usage of heavy-duty ammunition, the speed of recoil of the bolt carrier is substantially greater.
		To determine penetration capability of the shotgun, the following types of targets were used: (a) a wooden cube of 500 x 500 x 300 mm; (b) steel plates attached tos wooden shield: (b1) 500 x 500 x 2.5 mm; (b2) 500 x 500 x 2.0 mm and (b3) 500 x 500 x 1.5 mm.
		slugs (shell size 12/70 mm) were fired at a wooden cube at the disctance of 50 meters.
	club.guns.ru /eng/saiga12.htm (2639 words)

	tacticalworks.ca!
		Slugs are considered as a single projectile, the same diameter as the inside of the bore.
		Given these considerations, from the standpoint of overpenetration we feel that a 1oz slug equipped 12 gauge deployed in an urban environment is not nearly as dangerous as a centerfire carbine, expecially when considering the soft lead used in the construction of these slugs and their comparatively lower muzzle velocity.
		Slugs designed for smoothbore barrels are generally of the traditional foster design, and have been subject to meaningful technological improvements over the years.
	www.tacticalshotgun.ca /content_nonsub/shotguns/shotgun_ammunition.html (3626 words)

	eBay Guides - Shotgun Slugs
		Shotgun slugs are stabilized in flight by the "shuttlecock" principal.
		Slugs are sized to just fit the barrel, or sized to be placed inside a plastic shot cup.
		Today's slugs available to the handloader are generally assembled with a folded crimp using plastic hulls.
	reviews.ebay.com /Shotgun-Slugs_W0QQugidZ10000000000116501 (827 words)

	Shotgun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Unlike rifles, however, the long shotgun barrel is not for ballistic purposes; shotgun shells use small powder charges in large diameter bores, and this leads to very low muzzle pressures (see internal ballistics) and very little velocity change with increasing barrel length.
		The shotgun is used for bird hunting, although it is also increasingly used in deer hunting in semi-populated areas where the range of the rifle bullet may pose too great a hazard.
		Shotguns are normally used to hunt whitetail deer in the thick brush and briars of the south-eastern and upper midwestern US, where, due to the dense cover, ranges tend to be very close--25 meters or less.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shotgun (5912 words)

	Idaho Fish 'n' Hunt
		Using slugs in a shotgun is a perfect solution to this only-one-gun problem.
		This is very close to.30-06 impact, which suggests shotgun slugs are definitely not ineffective toys when it comes to dropping well-hit game in its tracks.
		The bad news is twofold: First, shotgun slugs lose energy about twice as fast as jacketed rifle bullets do, which means a big 12 gauge slug hits less hard at 50 yards than a tiny.243 bullet does at 100 yards.
	www.idfishnhunt.com /slugs.htm (944 words)

	Slug Comparison
		Comparing slugs and shotguns from my early days of hunting more than three decades ago with today’s state-of-the-art, controlled-expansion projectiles is like juxtaposing the Wright brothers’ Kitty Hawk flying machine and the Space Shuttle.
		The Hastings slug, introduced in 2004 in a 12-gauge, 11⁄4-ounce, 1500 fps magnum version and the 1020 fps Low Recoil-Youth version, is a soft lead slug encased in a non-discarding sabot and attached wad—its sabot sleeve works like a jacket on a rifle bullet.
		The collapsible nature of the soft, conventional rifled slug at setback, when the primer is ignited and the slug is still in the chamber, has always been problematic because the slug doesn’t always spring back to the same shape in the barrel.
	www.nrapublications.org /tah/Slugs.asp (3116 words)

	Shotgun
		Shotguns were also used by the US Marines in the Pacific jungle fighting during WW II and by the British during the 1950s in Malaysia.
		The modern fighting shotgun, or "riotgun," is typically a pump action or semiautomatic 12 gauge shotgun with a 18 to 20 inch cylinder bore barrel.
		Most people think that the trajectory of the 12 gauge rifled slug is close to that of a mortar, and since they don't think they could hit anything past 25 or 50 yards (which is probably true if they don't have a set of sights on their shotgun) they zero for slugs at 25 yards.
	www.frfrogspad.com /shotgun.htm (3446 words)

	Shotgun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The shotgun range is operated by a volunteer committee and volunteer Shotgun Range Officers.
		The shotgun range may be open when the rifle ranges are closed, and conversely it may be closed when the rifle ranges are open.
		Larger shot or shotgun slugs may be fired only on the 50 yard rifle range, under supervision of a Rifle Range Officer.
	www.4lgc.org /shotgun.htm (853 words)

	Halfbakery: P90 inspired combat shotgun
		Shotguns are sometimes the best suited weapon for the job, but due to frequent reloading they have to be passed up.
		High capacity shotguns are already available and in use that use 20 round drums so weight must not be too much of an issue, but like I mentioned I was trying to avoid a simple drum because 1) it's baked and 2) they're clunky and get in the way.
		This is about a shotgun with a magazine that fits length-ways along the top of the barrel to save space, increase ammo capacity and allow more in the way of ergonomics when it comes to shotguns.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/P90_20inspired_20combat_20shotgun (4106 words)

	Shotgun Slugs: Quik-Shok 12 Gauge Sabot Slug Shotshells
		Shotgun Slugs: Quik-Shok 12 Gauge Sabot Slug Shotshells
		The Quik-Shok Sabot Slug either separates into three pieces when penetrating a liquid or tissue target or expands to a large, ellipsoidal shape when impacting a hard surface.
		This means that more of the slug's available momentum is conserved over a longer period of time.
	www.polywad-shotgun-shells.com /quik-shok-shotshells (710 words)

	Stars & Stripes Ammunition - Shotgun Ammunition (About Shotgun Slugs)
		Although the sabot slug existed as far back as 1898, it was just a front heavy chunk of lead of smaller diameter than the bore with a special shape to resist flipping in flight that required no rifling to stabilize it.
		The early sabot slugs weren’t dependant on rifling as the current designs are, but new sabot slug designs must only be fired in rifled barrels, or in the very least a rifled choke insert.
		These slugs are suitable for most non-dangerous big game out to 100 yards or so, but don’t really have the energy and weight to reliably kill game beyond that, and their trajectories become quite curved beyond 100 yards making distant shots unlikely.
	www.starsandstripesammo.com /about_shotgun_slugs.htm (1853 words)

	Two New 20 ga. 3” Shotgun Slugs
		Winchester Ammunition is expanding its line of shotgun slug offerings with the addition of two new 20 ga. 3” loads, one in a sabot load in the Supreme® line and one Foster slug load in the Super-X® line.
		Over the last few years, many deer hunters who use shotgun slugs to hunt deer in their area have switched to the 20 ga. The 20 ga. is much more comfortable to shoot, but can still deliver excellent ballistics.
		With the introduction of more and more 20 ga. slug guns, these two new loads from Winchester are destined to become popular choices for deer hunters for years to come.
	www.winchester.com /products/newitems/whatsnewcontent.aspx?productid=39 (315 words)

	Shotgun Slugs: Quik-Shok 12 Gauge Sabot Slug Shotshells
		A slug traveling over a greater distance has its entire mass to assist in target penetration over a longer period of time.
		The pure lead Quik-Shok slug is contained within a collapsible, four-petal polymer cup which falls away upon exiting the muzzle.
		A nylon pusher disk acts as a buffer between it and the base of the slug.
	www.polywad-shotgun-shells.com /quik-shok-sabot-slugs (710 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Shotguns Work" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Slugs are fired individually, like bullets, instead of in bunches like buckshot and birdshot.
		Shotgun slugs can be rifled -- this is supposed to make them spin in the air and thus improve their flight length and accuracy.
		One reason hunters use slugs is to hunt deer in states that ban the use of rifles and/or buckshot ammo.
	science.howstuffworks.com /shotgun10.htm (190 words)

	Are You Using the Right Slug for Your Shotgun?
		Once all the powder is burned and the slug reaches terminal velocity (and the rifling has imparted spin to the slug), the barrel's job is done.
		Then, once the shotgun and slugs are sighted in, the hunter will shoot a few times at 100 yards to determine how much drop the slug has at that range.
		Slugs are a wonderful and ethical tool to use in hunting deer in places where rifles are not allowed.
	www.virginiagameandfish.com /hunting/guns-shooting/gf_aa106503a (1629 words)

	Shotgunworld.com - Product Reviews
		Checking this with a slug gun can be a little difficult as slugs sometimes don’t group as well as rifle bullets and are punishing for the shooter.
		For Foster slug and buckshot deer hunters that have the luxury of fall turkey seasons I imagine that this scope could pull double duty with practice at the rifle range.
		Sighting the gun in at 50 yards with Foster slugs, then moving the target to 25 yards and shooting a turkey load to see where the pattern centers in comparison to the center dot.
	www.shotgunworld.com /reviews_mueller.htm (1288 words)

	24hourcampfire: Why are shotgun slugs made to expand?
		I've only used Forster pattern slugs but suspect that if you want a non expanding projectile you might consider one of the sabot loads if your barrel is rifled, or a Brenneke slug if not and you wish for something less likely to look like an ashtray after the fact.
		Shotgun sabots that are wasp waisted stabilize by shape and rifling really doesn't help them much if at all.
		I shot one deer with such a slug and it caused the greatest amount of damage I have ever seen and yet it still took us about an hour to recover the animal from a neighbouring property where the neighbour was not too fond of hunters.
	www.24hourcampfire.com /ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1372493/Main/122011 (2765 words)

	www.gunhuntermag.com
		Slugs are the most effective deer loads you can use with a shotgun.
		Shotgun manufacturers, in fact, used to recommend improved cylinder choke for slug shooting.
		With a stiff barrel, good trigger and solidly mounted scope, your rifled-barrel slug gun should be able to consistently put three conventional-velocity saboted slugs through the same hole at 50 yards from a solid rest.
	www.gunhuntermag.com /features/040610slugs.htm (1009 words)

	Product Catalog
		The Lightfield Commander was designed as a high velocity, extremely stable, extended range Sabot Slug for use in modern rifled barrel shotguns.
		When Hybred™ EXP Slugs are used in a rifled barrel, the sabot keyed to the slug assumes maximum torque and rotation, which translates into better down range trajectory and exceptional accuracy with a full 1-1/4 oz.
		slug was designed as a high velocity, extremely stable, extended range Sabot Slug for use in modern rifled barrel shotguns.
	www.tarhunt.com /tarhunt/estore/index.cfm?catid=20&id=1&cfid=3854284&cftoken=91933918 (401 words)

	Outdoor Forums: 12 gauge shotgun slugs for fully rifled barrels
		My thoughts on this are that the slug hit the heart as it was compressing and forced a massive surge at the heart.
		Regular sabot slugs tend to distort a little after the ride down the smooth bore and slamming into the rifling in the choke tube, but they still shoot better from a screw on rifled tube than a smooth bore.
		Do not try using the foster slugs meant for smooth bores with a rifled barrel or rifled choke tube, as leading will be a problem and accuracy won’t be as good as it should be.
	forums.basspro.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=001058 (2625 words)

	Lightfield Sabot Shotgun Ammunition Slugs & Tar-Hunt Custom Hunting Rifled Barrel Rifle Slug Guns. Less Lethal Wildlife ...
		During that all-important split second immediately after a slug is fired and prior to its exiting the barrel, each design ensures that maximum spin is imparted to the locked sabot/slug assembly.
		When the shell is fired the pressure pushes the wad forward, locking the slug and sabot together, and forces the locked sabot/slug assembly to expand to the full barrel diameter and spin together as one unit
		When the shell is fired the pressure causes lead from the slug to expand into these grooves, effectively locking the slug and sabot together, and forces the locked sabot/slug assembly to expand to the full barrel diameter and spin together as one unit
	www.lightfieldslugs.com /lightfield (511 words)

	Lee Shotgun Slug Molds
		The Lee DRIVE KEY (patent rights reserved) slug is loaded in standard trap hull with standard wad and conventional folded crimp.
		Slug loads are produced with any standard shot shell reloading press.
		The drive key positively rotates the slug in rifled shotgun barrels.
	www.a2zoutdoors.com /lee_shotgun_slug_molds.htm (489 words)

	Sioux City Journal: What you should know about shotgun slugs
		Sabots actually encase the slug in a plastic cup, much as those that cradle your ounce and a quarter of sixes you use on pheasants.
		Full-bore slugs should be used in smooth shotgun barrels; sabots are designed to be used in special shotgun rifled barrels.
		A full-bore slug shot through a rifled barrel will extend its range a little but the resulting layers of lead left in the rifling is not worth all the time spend in cleaning the barrel.
	www.siouxcityjournal.com /articles/2006/11/14/sports/outdoors_articles/07-knowshotguns.txt (968 words)

	The Shotgun
		he advantage with a shotgun is the wide range of loads available to shoot.
		It is now possible to shoot groups of 2 to 4 inches at 100 yards with 438 grain (1 oz) slugs depending on your rifle, barrel, choke, type of slug, sights and shotshell manufacturer.
		The difference between Rifled Slugs and Sabot Slugs is the accuracy.
	www.angelfire.com /tx/ShotGun (563 words)

	Corbin Shotgun Slug Swaging Tools
		Shotgun slugs up to an inch in diameter (in the 4-bore range) can be swaged using the Corbin Hydro-Press, and type -H dies, or the Corbin Hydro, JR.
		Other dies can be used to make slugs swaged from bird shot, which packs together well enough to fire but breaks apart on impact, greatly reducing penetration and ricochet (for use in cell blocks, for corrections officers, etc.).
		Slugs with attached wads can be made by forming a post in the center of the cavity with a special punch.
	www.corbins.com /slugs.htm (837 words)

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