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  2. Shotgun cartridge - Wikipedia

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    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-gauge" shot would in fact be a 1 ⁄ 12 pounder. Thus, a 10-gauge shotgun has a larger-diameter barrel than a 12-gauge shotgun, which has a larger ...

  3. Dragon's breath (ammunition) - Wikipedia

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    Dragon's breath is normally chambered in 12-gauge 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 ″ (18.5 mm × 69.9 mm) shot shells. The rounds are safe to fire out of an improved cylinder bore as well as a modified choke barrel, common on many shotguns.

  4. 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 ...

  5. List of the United States Army munitions by supply catalog ...

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    T3AGD = 675 Shells, Shotgun, 12 Gauge, No.8 Chilled Shot, in 25-shell cartons. 27 cartons per wooden M1917 ammunition packing box. Gross Weight: 94 lbs. Volume: 1.5 cubic feet. T3AGE = 360 Shells, Shotgun, 12 Gauge, No.8 Chilled Shot, in 10-shell cartons. 12 cartons per M10 metal ammo can (120 shells). 3 × M10 ammo cans per M15 wooden crate.

  6. Peters Cartridge Company - Wikipedia

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    With the approach of World War I the company received large ammunition orders from the Russian Empire and from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Bullet manufacturing building R-6 was built of brick; and money from wartime contracts was used to replace most of the old wooden framed buildings with brick and reinforced concrete ...

  7. Cartridge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A 12-gauge Brenneke slug Two views of intact bean bag round and one view of the projectile A cutaway showing a Japanese Navy 7.7 mm rimmed rounds as fired by the Type 92 and Type 97 machine guns—copies of Vickers and Lewis designs.

  8. List of shotguns - Wikipedia

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    12 gauge United States: 1972 Baikal MP-153: Izhevsk Mechanical Plant: 12 gauge Russia: 2001 Bandayevsky RB-12: Aleksandr Bandayevsky: 12 gauge Russia: 1995 Benelli M1: Benelli Armi: 12 gauge 20 gauge Italy: 1986 Benelli M3: Benelli Armi: 12 gauge 20 gauge Italy: 1989 Benelli M1014: Benelli Armi: 12 gauge Italy: 1999 Benelli Nova: Benelli Armi ...

  9. Shotgun - Wikipedia

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    A view of the break-action of a side-by-side, and an over-and-under double-barrelled shotgun, both shown with the action open. For most of the history of the shotgun, the breechloading break-action shotgun was the most common type, and double-barreled variants are by far the most commonly seen in modern days.