Shotgun

A Shotgun (Or sometimes referred to as Scattergun) is a unique type of firearm. Unlike other firearms, most shotguns fire a volley of multiple pellets at a time, but have a limited range. These traits make shotguns extremely devastating at close range, but literally useless at a distance. Shotguns can be manually cocked, pump-action, lever-action (where the user must pump/cycle the lever between shots), semi-automatic, or fully automatic. Pump-action/lever-action shotguns usually have a lower rate of fire, but more damage and range, while semi-automatic/fully automatic/break-action shotguns usually have a higher rate of fire, but lower range. 
== Characteristics ==
=== Pump action ===
A Pump-action shotgun mainly features spent shells being extracted and fresh ones being chambered via mechanical cycling, as opposed to a break action. New shells are chambered by pulling a pump handle (often called the fore-end) attached to the tube magazine toward the user, then pushing it back into place to chamber the cartridge.
Most pump-action shotguns have a tube magazine below their barrel into which shells are inserted. However, there are magazine-fed pump shotguns such as the NOR982 which chamber new shells from a box magazine.
=== Semi Automatic ===
A semi-automatic shotgun is one that is able to fire a cartridge after every trigger squeeze, without any manual chambering of another round being required. The weapon uses the force of the gas (created by the accelerated burning of the propellant) not just to propel the wadding which pushes the shot down the barrel, but also to cycle the action, eject the empty shell and load another round.
=== Lever Action ===
Lever-action shotguns use a lever to cycle the next shell from the tube. These are typically limited to civilian use, as are lever-action weapons in general, as loading levers are difficult to use with gloves, and may get caught on other equipment in combat situations.
Category:Weapon Types