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    New Zealand: In service since 1988. The first 5,000 weapons delivered were manufactured in Austria by Steyr Daimler Puch. The majority of weapons now in service are the Australian ADI-made Austeyr F88 variant. It is called the IW Steyr(Individual Weapon Steyr) in service of the New Zealand Defence Force. The Defence Force is currently (2014) seeking a replacement for the Steyr AUG after concerns about its performance in Afghanistan.
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    Morocco​
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    Oman
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    Pakistan: Used by Special Services Group,Special Services Group Navy, Frontier Constabulary,[61][62] and Airport Security Force (ASF).​
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    Papua New Guinea: F88 variant.​
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    Philippines: Used by the Scout Rangers.​
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    Poland: JW From special forces group.​
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    Saudi Arabia
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    Serbia: 72nd Reconnaissance-Commando Battalion.​
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    Free Syrian Army: fighters have acquired AUG rifles.​
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    Republic of China​
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    Tunisia AUG was chosen since 1978 to be the Primary weapon of the Tunisian Army, The first regular unit to be issued with the AUG A1 was the GTS, later on, the leadership started to arming the National Guard with Sturmgewehr 58 (FN FAL) and the Army with the AUG A1/A2/A3 variants, including the Army's Special Forces.​
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    Turkey: Maroon Berets and Police Special Operations Department.​
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    United Kingdom
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    Falkland Islands: Falkland Islands Defence Force.​
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    United States: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.​
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    Uruguay: Received 7,000 Steyr AUG A2UR rifles (with the A1 model sight and Picatinny rail) to be used by the Uruguayan infantry battalions.​
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      Venezuela: Used by SEBIN.​
 
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One of my favorite. Easy to clean,disassemble, accurate, has a quite good range and very powerful.
 

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The Steyr AUG is an Austrian bullpup 5.56mm assault rifle, designed in the 1960s by Steyr Mannlicher GmbH & Co KG (formerly Steyr-Daimler-Puch). The AUG (Armee-Universal-Gewehr—"universal army rifle") was adopted by the Austrian Army as the StG 77 (Sturmgewehr 77) in 1978,[3] where it replaced the 7.62mm StG 58 automatic rifle (a licence-built FN FAL).[4] In production since 1978, it is the standard small arm of the Austrian Bundesheer and various national police units.

The rifle and its variants have also been adopted by the armed forces of Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malaysia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Pakistan, and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

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Specifications
Weight
  • 3.6 kg (7.9 lb) (Standard)​
  • 3.3 kg (7.3 lb) (Carbine)​
  • 3.2 kg (7.1 lb) (Subcarbine)​
  • 3.9 kg (8.6 lb) (HBAR)​
  • 3.3 kg (7.3 lb) (Para)[1]​
Length
  • 790 mm (31.1 in) (Standard)[1]​
  • 690 mm (27.2 in) (Carbine)​
  • 630 mm (24.8 in) (Subcarbine)​
  • 900 mm (35.4 in) (HBAR)​
  • 665 mm (26.2 in) (Para)[1]​
Barrel length
  • 508 mm (20.0 in) (Standard)[1]​
  • 407 mm (16.0 in) (Carbine)​
  • 350 mm (13.8 in) (Subcarbine)​
  • 621 mm (24.4 in) (HBAR)​
  • 420 mm (16.5 in) (Para)[1]​
Cartridge
  • 5.56×45mm NATO[1]​
  • 9×19mm Parabellum[1]​
Action Gas-operated, Rotating bolt
Rate of fire 680-750 rounds/min[2]
Muzzle velocity Standard rifle: 970 m/s (3,182 ft/s)
Effective firing range 300 metres (980 ft)
Maximum firing range 2,700 metres (8,900 ft)
Feed system
  • 5.56×45mm NATO: 30 or 42-round box magazine,[1]​
  • 9×19mm Parabellum: 25 or 32-round MPi 69box magazine[1]​
Sights Swarovski 1.5x telescopic sight, emergency battle sights, various optics
Variants

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Steyr AUG A2 (407 mm (16.0 in) barrel) with MIL-STD-1913 rail attached



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StG 77

A semi-automatic version of the rifle known as the AUG P is available to the civilian and law enforcement markets. It features a shorter, 407 mm (16.0 in) barrel and a modified bolt, carrier and trigger assembly that will only allow semi-automatic fire. The rifle also has a slightly different optical sight that features a reticule with a fine dot in the centre of the aiming circle, allowing for more precise aiming.
I could recall there being some civilian firearms companies that had made a Steyr Aug type of design. I need to look up the company, but I could remember seeing a pic on the Worldguns.ru site. AUG is a great looking weapon and it was in the live action "Aeon Flux" movie.
 

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Heckler & Koch G36


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Created for the requirements of the German armed forces, the G36 continues to set the standard in the field of assault rifles. Used as an infantry weapon in a large number of countries, special forces and security forces also rely on its constant reliability.

Essential components of the G36 are made of glass fibre reinforced plastic. This gives the user a lightweight weapon with high performance and low maintenance requirements.

The G36 is ideally suited for dismounted infantry operations. For optimal handling, weight, and rate of fire in close-quarters battle, and for rapid, accurate and penetrating single fire in long-range combat.

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Variants
    • G36V (V—Variante "variant"): Previously known as the G36E (E—Export), it is the export version of the standard G36. The G36V has all of the characteristics of the standard rifle with the exception of the sight setup and bayonet mount. It is fitted with a x1.5 or x3 sight and lacks the integrated reflex sight; the bayonet mount is a standard NATO type. This version was produced for Spain and Latvia.

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    A G36KV configured with a telescopic stock and a Picatinny sight rail​
    • MG36 (MG—Maschinengewehr "machine gun"): Light machine gun version of the G36 equipped with a heavy barrel for increased heat and cook-off resistance.[2] The MG36 and MG36E are no longer offered by H&K.
    • G36K (K—kurz "short"): carbine variant with a shorter barrel (fitted with an open-type flash suppressor) and a shorter forend, which includes a bottom rail that can be used to attach tactical accessories, such as a UTL flashlight from the USP pistol. The carbine's barrel lacks the ability to launch rifle grenades and it will not support a bayonet. The weapon retained the ability to be used with the AG36 grenade launcher. G36Ks in service with German special forces are issued with a 100-round C-Mag drum. There are two variants of the G36K. The first and most commonly known has x3 scope/carry handle attached to the top, while the second is the one with the iron sights and rail (no scope included).
    • G36KV (formerly G36KE): export version of carbine variant, G36K with sights like G36V.

    • G36C (C="Compact", commonly mistaken for "Commando", a term trademarked by Colt Firearms for the CAR-15): This subcarbine model is a further development of the G36K. It has a shorter barrel than the G36K, and a four-prong open-type flash hider or a birdcage type flash hider. The extremely short barrel forced designers to move the gas block closer to the muzzle end and reduce the length of the gas piston operating rod. The handguard and stock were also shortened and the fixed carry handle (with optics) was replaced with a carrying handle with an integrated MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny rail. The dual optical sight found on the standard G36 and G36K models was replaced with a set of rail-mounted detachable iron sights that consist of a semi-shrouded front post and a flip-up rear sight with two apertures of different diameter. The short handguard has four accessory attachment points, one of which could be used for a vertical grip. The G36C was developed and produced in January 2001.


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    A G36C, equipped with Aimpoint CompM4 red dot sight. It has a shorter barrel than the G36K, and configured with birdcage flash suppressor, a carrying handle with an integrated MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny rail.​
    • G36A2: This is an ordnance designation allocated to an upgraded variant of the G36 used by the German Army. The G36A2 is equipped with a quick-detachable Zeiss RSA reflex red dot sight[22] mounted on a Picatinny rail that replaces the original red dot sight of the dual combat sighting system. The G36A2 upgrade kit also consists of the shorter G36C stock (Designed for better handling with use of body armor and load bearing equipment), new handguard made of aluminium (provides better heat resistance during long periods of firing) with an optional 4 Picatinny rails and a vertical foregrip with an integrated switch for operating an Oerlikon Contraves LLM01 laser light module.

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    G36A2 with a Zeiss RSA reflex sight and an AG36 grenade launcher on display​

G36 | Technical Data
G36 – CAL. 5.56 MM X 45 NATO
  • General
  • Calibre 5.56 mm x 45
  • Operating principle Gas-operated
  • Magazine capacity 30 rounds
  • Modes of fire SEF
  • Rate of fire approx. 750/min
  • Sights O, R
  • Buttstock FO
  • Dimensions
  • Length min./max. approx. 755/1002 mm
  • Width approx. 65.0 mm
  • Height approx. 323.0 mm
  • Barrel length approx. 480 mm
  • Weight
  • Weapon approx. 3,630 g
  • Magazine approx. 140 g
G36V – CAL. 5.56 MM X 45 NATO
  • General
  • Calibre 5.56 mm x 45
  • Operating principle Gas-operated
  • Magazine capacity 30 rounds
  • Modes of fire 0-1-D
  • Rate of fire approx. 750/min
  • Sights O
  • Buttstock FO
  • Dimensions
  • Length min./max. approx. 755/1002 mm
  • Width approx. 65.0 mm
  • Height approx. 277.0 mm
  • Barrel length approx. 480 mm
  • Weight
  • Weapon approx. 3,630 g
  • Magazine approx. 140 g
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Dual combat sighting system ZF 3x4° as used on German G36A1 assault rifles

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Optical sight reticle pattern​

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G36 Carbine with two magazines held together jungle style.​
I always loved the lightweight idea with the G36. It can maneuver around tight corners. This gun has been featured in numerous games since it looks so cool. Even airsoft companies have made this gun.
 

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"You can tell its Mattel"

A Popular saying during the Vietnam war about the M-16 and its plastic design referencing the old Mattel toy company slogan. The M-16 was so bad that American soldiers would often 'lose' it if they were able to get their hands on an enemy AK. This caused a lot of friendly fire incidents where American soldiers would fire in the direction of the AK's sound rather than actually sighting the target.
 

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Pet peeve. An M16 rifle is not a machine gun. It is a rifle which can switched into automatic fire, it is not designed for sustained automatic fire. You can only fire short bursts. The reason is the weapon itself is too light, and the short bursts will pull it off target. Also since the barrel is too light, it will overheat quickly, it is not designed for sustained fire.

By contrast a machinegun is designed for sustained, continous fire. It is usually bipod or tripod mounted if in the dismounted role. Or if on vehicles it is mounted. Most modern machineguns have barrels which can be quickly changed when the barrel gets too hot, usually after around 400+ rounds of continous fire. The barrel is then switched, and the hot barrel is allowed to cool.

Movies which show someone firing an assualt rifle on fully automatic and emptying a magazine also piss me off. You won't hit anything. The automatic mode is designed for close quarters, as in less then 20 meters, and things like house clearing.
 

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I always liked this weapon. Why? Because it is one of the best assault rifles out there. It's main advantage? It is light and has a good caliber and also it can be fitted with a lot of attachements and I also like the fact that is not very long, making it perfect for every situation. And it looks great and modern too.
 

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I always liked this weapon. Why? Because it is one of the best assault rifles out there. It's main advantage? It is light and has a good caliber and also it can be fitted with a lot of attachements and I also like the fact that is not very long, making it perfect for every situation. And it looks great and modern too.
The lightweight feature of this weapon makes it advantageous. The attachments gives the G36 a more serious and tactical look. I mean look at the G36C it is slightly shorter but the gun can still kill someone really quick.
 

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A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire bullets in quick succession from an ammunition belt or magazine, typically at a rate of three to eighteen hundred rounds per minute.


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A .50 caliberM2 machine gun: John Browning's design has been one of the longest serving and most successful machine gun designs


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Czechoslovak 7.62 mm Universal Machine gun Model 1959.


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A Mitsubishi Type 73 Light Truck Shīn with a Sumitomo M2 heavy machine gun mounted at the rear with foliage used to camouflage the vehicle from sight. This was on public display at Camp Narashino.

Operation
All machine guns follow a cycle:

  • Pulling (manually or electrically) the bolt assembly/bolt carrier rearward by way of the cocking lever to the point bolt carrier engages a sear and stays at rear position until trigger is activated making bolt carrier move forward
  • Loading fresh round into chamber and locking bolt
  • Firing round by way of a firing pin or striker (except for aircraft medium caliber using electric ignition primers) hitting the primer that ignites the powder when bolt reaches locked position.
  • Unlocking and removing the spent case from the chamber and ejecting it out of the weapon as bolt is moving rearward
  • Loading the next round into the firing chamber. Usually the recoil spring (also known as main spring) tension pushes bolt back into battery and a cam strips the new round from a feeding device, belt or box.
History
It would not be until the mid-19th century that successful machine-gun designs came into existence. The key characteristic of modern machine guns, their relatively high rate of fire and more importantly machine (automatic) loading, came with the Model 1862 Gatling gun, which was adopted by the United States Navy. These weapons were still powered by hand; however, this changed with Hiram Maxim's idea of harnessing recoil energy to power reloading in his Maxim machine gun. Dr. Gatling also experimented with electric-motor-powered models; this externally powered machine reloading has seen use in modern weapons as well. The Vandenburg and Miltrailleuse volley (organ) gun concepts have been revived partially in the early 21st century in the form of electronically controlled, multibarreled volley guns. It is important to note that what exactly constitutes a machine gun, and whether volley guns are a type of machine gun, and to what extent some earlier types of devices are considered to be like machine guns, is a matter of debate in many cases and can vary depending which language and exact definition is used.


 

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A shotgun (also known as a scattergun and peppergun,[1] or historically as a fowling piece) is a firearmthat is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug. Shotguns come in a wide variety of sizes, ranging from 5.5 mm (.22 inch) bore up to 5 cm (2.0 in) bore, and in a range of firearm operating mechanisms, including breech loading, single-barreled, double or combination gun, pump-action, bolt-, and lever-action, semi-automatic, and even fully automatic variants.
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A pump-actionRemington 870, two semi-automaticRemington 1100 shotguns, 20 boxes of shotgun shells, a clay trap, and three boxes of clay pigeons.

Characteristics
Shotguns come in a wide variety of forms, from very small up to massive punt guns, and in nearly every type of firearm operating mechanism. The common characteristics that make a shotgun unique center around the requirements of firing shot. These features are the features typical of a shotgun shell, namely a relatively short, wide cartridge, with straight walls, and operating at a relatively low pressure.
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Series of individual 1/1,000,000 second exposures showing shotgun firing shot and wadding separation

Uses
The typical use of a shotgun is against small and fast moving targets, often while in the air. The spreading of the shot allows the user to point the shotgun close to the target, rather than having to aim precisely as in the case of a single projectile. The disadvantages of shot are limited range and limited penetration of the shot, which is why shotguns are used at short ranges, and typically against smaller targets. Larger shot sizes, up to the extreme case of the single projectile slug load, result in increased penetration, but at the expense of fewer projectiles and lower probability of hitting the target.

Sporting

Some of the most common uses of shotguns are the sports of skeet shooting, trap shooting, and sporting clays. These involve shooting clay discs, also known as clay pigeons, thrown in by hand and by machine. Both skeet and trap competitions are featured at the Olympic Games.

Hunting
The shotgun is very popular for bird hunting, it is also used for more general forms of hunting especially in semi-populated areas where the range of rifle bullets may pose a hazard. Use of a smooth bore shotgun with a rifled slug or, alternatively, a rifled barrel shotgun with a sabot slug, improves accuracy to 100 m (110 yd) or more. This is well within the range of the majority of kill shots by experienced hunters using shotguns.


 

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A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire bullets in quick succession from an ammunition belt or magazine, typically at a rate of three to eighteen hundred rounds per minute.

That is a machinegun, an AR15 or M16 is not a machinegun, it is an automatic rifle. That people call automatic rifles machineguns pisses me off to no extent. A machinegun is designed for long sustained periods of fire. An automatic rifle is not, after 100-200 rounds though an M16 on automatic you will burn the barrel or damage it.
 

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A shotgun has been found non-effective for military use, except in a few case. There are extremely close rank encounters, like house clearing, tunnel warfare and trench warfare. The biggest limitation with the shotgun is its limited effective range. And assault rifle on the other hand is a more mulitpurpose, it can be used against both long and short range targets.

The putting a grenade launcher on the original M16 with to kind of add shotgun abilities to the M16, but it did not work out too well. The added weight and the need for different types of ammo outweighted the benefits.
 

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Military
Shotguns are common weapons in military use, particularly for special purposes. Shotguns are found aboard naval vessels for shipboard security, because the weapon is very effective at close range as a way of repelling enemy boarding parties. In a naval setting, stainless steel shotguns are often used, because regular steel is more prone to corrosion in the marine environment. Shotguns are also used by military police units. U.S. Marines have used shotguns since their inception at the squad level, often in the hands of NCOs, while the U.S. Army often issued them to a squad's point man. Shotguns were modified for and used in the trench warfare of WWI, in the jungle combat of WWII and Vietnam and are being used today in Iraq, being popular with soldiers and marines in urban combatenvironments. Some U.S. units in Iraq use shotguns with special frangible breaching rounds to blow the locks off doors when they are making a surprise entry into a dwelling.

Home and personal defense:
Shotguns are a very popular means of home defense for many of the same reasons they are preferred for close-quarters tasks in law enforcement and the military.

Design features for various uses:

Compared to handguns, shotguns are heavier, larger, and not as maneuverable in close quarters (which also presents a greater retention problem), but do have these advantages:

  • They are generally much more powerful.
  • The average shooter can engage multiple targets faster than with a handgun.
  • They are generally perceived as more intimidating.
  • On average, a quality pump-action shotgun is generally less expensive than a quality handgun (self-loading shotguns are generally more expensive than their pump-action counterparts).
  • When loaded with smaller shot, a shotgun will not penetrate walls as readily as rifle and pistol rounds, making it safer for non-combatants when fired in or around populated structures. This comes at a price, however, as smaller shot may not penetrate deeply enough to cause an immediately incapacitating wound; those who recommend birdshot for minimizing wall penetration also suggest backing it up with a larger buckshot if the first shot fails to stop the threat.
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A U.S. Marine fires a Benelli M4 shotgun during training in Arta, Djibouti, December 23, 2006.


Riot gun :has long been a synonym for a shotgun, especially a short-barrelled shotgun. During the 19th and early 20th century, these were used to disperse rioters and revolutionaries.
Asawed-off shotgun: (or "sawn-off") refers to a shotgun whose barrel has been shortened, leaving it more maneuverable, easier to use at short range and more readily concealed.
Coach guns are similar to sawn-off shotguns, except they are manufactured with an 46 cm (18") barrel and are legal for civilian ownership in some jurisdictions.
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A view of the break-action of a typical double-barrelled shotgun, shown with the action open.

Action

Action is the term for the operating mechanism of a gun. There are many types of shotguns, typically categorized by the number of barrels or the way the gun is reloaded.



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A Winchester M1897, one of the first successful pump-action shotgun designs



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A modern reproduction of the Winchester M1887 lever-action shotgun


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A Browning A-5 semi-automatic shotgun


Table of American standard birdshot size
Size Diameter Pellets/10 g lead Pellets/10 g steel
FF 5.84 mm (.230") 8 12
F 5.59 mm (.220") 10 14
TT 5.33 mm (.210") 11 16
T 5.08 mm (.200") 13 19
BBB 4.83 mm (.190") 15 22
BB 4.57 mm (.180") 18 25
B 4.32 mm (.170") 21 30
1 4.06 mm (.160") 25 36
2 3.81 mm (.150") 30 44
3 3.56 mm (.140") 37 54
4 3.30 mm (.130") 47 68
5 3.05 mm (.120") 59 86
6 2.79 mm (.110") 78 112
7 2.41 mm (.100") 120 174
8 2.29 mm (.090") 140 202
9 2.03 mm (.080") 201 290

Table of buckshot size
Size Diameter Pellets/10 g lead
000 or LG ("triple-aught") 9.1 mm (.36") 2.2
00 or SG ("double-aught") 8.4 mm (.33") 2.9
0("one-aught") 8.1 mm (.32") 3.1
1 7.6 mm (.30") 3.8
2 or SSG 6.9 mm (.27") 5.2
3 6.4 mm (.25") 6.6
4 6.1 mm (.24") 7.4




 
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