Originally Posted by Karen
A shot guns shoots 'shot' - or little pellets of different sizes. They also can shoot slugs or flechettes. Slugs are just like bullets, large hunks of lead. Flechettes are small darts.
When the shot or flechettes leave the barrel they are concentrated - as the go down range they spread out and make it easier to hit what you shoot at.
A shotgun slug is like a large bullet, it's used for large animal hunting.
A shotgun is 'loaded' by moving the foregrip back and forth. There are some old shot guns that use a bolt action method of getting a shell into the breech to shoot.
A bolt action gun is primed by grabbing a lever and moving it backwards to eject the old shell and place a new shell into position.
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A rifle is named for the spirals cut into the barrel.
As the bullet leaves the barrel the rifling spins the bullet making it fly straighter - it's a long range weapon.
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A revolver is a gun - like a six shooter - that the Cowboys used to use.
It's named for the cylinder that revolves to put a bullet into position to fire.
It doesn't eject empty cartridges.
A pistol, is a magazine fed gun that does eject spent shells, the magazine goes into the grip of the gun.
A magaine is usually a 'box' with a spring at the bottom that feeds the rounds into the chamber to be fired.
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More often than not, the politicos talking about GC don't have a clue as to what they are talking about.
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