Scatter gun/Legends

The scatter gun was a low-velocity slugthrower that fired a spray of solid pellets when fired. It could often hit multiple targets or eliminate one target with a single blast. However, its damage decreased as range to the target increased, since the pellets scattered if fired from too far away; this made the weapon more suited for close-quarters combat.
The scatter gun was common on backwater worlds where slugthrowers were still the predominant weapon of choice. The gun was cheap and so was its ammunition; 10 shells each cost 2 credits and weighed 0.1 kilograms. Its low manufacturing cost and utility as a hunting weapon helped maintain its popularity. Mercenaries, marines, and other soldiers sometimes carried a scatter gun as a backup weapon.
A variant of this kind of slugthrower was the A-52 Frag Storm scattergun, a gun produced during the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: The Old Republic
*Planet of Twilight 
*Planet of Twilight abridged audiobook
*Fate of the Jedi: Conviction 
==Sources==
*Galaxy at War
*Fly Casual
==Notes and references==
Category:Slugthrowers