shotgun: see small arms small arms, firearms designed primarily to be carried and fired by one person and, generally, held in the hands, as distinguished from heavy arms, or artillery .

Early Small Arms

The first small arms came into general use at the end of the 14th cent.
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shotgun

Smoothbore shoulder firearm designed to fire a number of pellets, or shot, that cover a large target area after they leave the muzzle. It is used mainly against small game such as birds. The earliest examples were the fowling pieces that appeared in 16th-century Europe. Repeating shotguns, in which several cartridges could be loaded at once, became available in the 1880s. The range of a modern shotgun is about 50 yards (45 m).

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shotgun [′shät‚gən]

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A smooth-bore shoulder weapon; the usual classes are riot gun, skeet gun, and sporting gun.

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Early Small Arms

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