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    A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, peppergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge...
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    Shotgunning is a means of consuming a beverage, especially beer, very quickly by punching a hole in the side of the can, near the bottom, placing the...
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    A shotgun cartridge, shotshell, or shell is a type of rimmed, cylindrical (straight-walled) ammunition used specifically in shotguns. It is typically loaded...
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    A shotgun house is a narrow rectangular domestic residence, usually no more than about 12 feet (3.5 m) wide, with rooms arranged one behind the other...
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    A sawed-off shotgun (also called a scattergun, sawn-off shotgun, short-barrelled shotgun, shorty, or boom stick) is a type of shotgun with a shorter gun...
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    A double-barreled shotgun, also known as a double shotgun, is a break-action shotgun with two parallel barrels, allowing two single shots that can be fired...
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    12-gauge, it would take 12 balls of lead of the same size as the 12 gauge shotgun's inner bore diameter to weigh 1 pound (454 grams). The term is related...
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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...
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  • Look up shotgun in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A shotgun is a type of firearm. Sawed-off shotgun Shotgun may also refer to: Shotgun hill climbing...
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    Shotguns have traditionally fired iron, stone or lead shot stored in large shells that are normally loaded. Assault shotgun Automatic shotgun Combat shotgun...
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  • A shotgun wedding is a wedding arranged in response to pregnancy resulting from premarital sex. The phrase is a primarily U.S. colloquialism, termed as...
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  • shotgun is a shotgun issued by militaries for warfare. The earliest shotguns specifically designed for combat were the trench guns or trench shotguns...
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    An automatic shotgun is an automatic firearm that fires shotgun shells (thereby making it a shotgun) and uses some of the energy of each shot to automatically...
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    "Riding shotgun" was a phrase used to describe the bodyguard who rides alongside a stagecoach driver, typically armed with a break-action shotgun, called...
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    The 20-gauge shotgun, also known as 20 bore, is a type of smoothbore shotgun. 20-gauge shotguns have a bore diameter of .615 in (15.6 mm), while the 12-gauge...
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  • Shotgun Wedding is a 2022 American romantic action comedy film directed by Jason Moore and written by Mark Hammer. It stars Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel...
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    A riot shotgun is a shotgun designed or modified for use as a primarily defensive weapon, by the use of a short barrel and sometimes a larger magazine...
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    The shotgun formation is a formation used by the offensive team in gridiron football mainly for passing plays, although some teams use it as their base...
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  • In genetics, shotgun sequencing is a method used for sequencing random DNA strands. It is named by analogy with the rapidly expanding, quasi-random shot...
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  • Shotgun email refers to an email requesting information or action that only requires the efforts of one person but is sent to multiple people in an effort...
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  • Hobo with a Shotgun is a 2011 exploitation black comedy action film directed by Jason Eisener and written by John Davies. Based on Eisener's fictitious...
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  • Rock Paper Shotgun is a British video game journalism website. It was launched in July 2007 to focus on PC games and was acquired by Gamer Network, a...
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  • Shotgun Red is a puppet best known as a co-host for the television talk show Nashville Now, which aired from 1983–1993 on The Nashville Network (TNN)...
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    The Sjögren Inertia Shotgun (marked: Automat, system Sjögren Patent) is a 12–16 gauge semi-automatic shotgun that was designed by the Swedish inventor...
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  • shotgun in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Riding shotgun refers to the practice of sitting alongside the driver in a moving vehicle. Riding Shotgun...
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  • Shotgun Messiah was a Swedish glam metal band from Skövde. The band was formed in 1985 by guitarist Harry Cody and bassist Tim Sköld, with singer Zinny...
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  • detachable box magazines. Pump-action firearms are typically associated with shotguns, although it has also been used in rifles, grenade launchers, and other...
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  • Assault shotgun may refer to: Atchisson Assault Shotgun, an automatic combat shotgun Assault shotgun, a shotgun that the law regards an assault weapon...
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    Shotgun disciplines The shotgun is the name of the sport discipline assigned in the international shooting sports competitions, organized by the International...
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  • known as the Model 97, M97, Riot Gun, or Trench Gun, is a pump-action shotgun with an external hammer and tube magazine manufactured by the Winchester...
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