12 Gauge

**12 Gauge** is the standardized term for the primary ammo used for shotguns. They are usually coloured in red and are cylindrical in appearance, as well as sporting a numerous ammo varities.

## Description

A shotgun shell, shotshell or simply shell is a type of rimmed, cylindrical (straight-walled) cartridges used specifically by shotguns, and is typically loaded with numerous small, pellet-like spherical sub-projectiles called shot, fired through a smoothbore barrel with a tapered constriction at the muzzle to regulate the extent of scattering. A shell can sometimes also contain only a single large solid projectile known as a slug, fired usually through a rifled slug barrel. The shell casing usually consist of a paper or plastic tube mounted on a brass base holding a primer, and the shots are typically contained by a wadding/sabot inside the case. The caliber of the shotshell is known as its gauge.

### Variants

A 12 Gauge in the size of two inches and three quarters has served as the most common standard for shotgun ammunition, making it introduced to newer variants with unique traits and capabilities.

* **011 Buckshot**: Standard buckshot ammunition produced in the Panamoan Republic; It is lethal with platinum coated titanium-aluminum alloy pellets; Banned for civilian use.

* **009 Buckshot**: Standard buckshot ammunition; Simple but used almost everywhere on the planet Nexus Prime.

* **Terra Buckshot**: Made in Earth.

* **004 Birdshot**: Birdshot ammunition designed for small game due to the miniature but numerous projectiles each shot. Ineffective on breaching cover such as wood and metal; But brutal to living targets at close range encounters.

* **M13 Buckshot**: Standard birdshot ammunition designed in the planet Boreas.

* **N6 Duncan**: Rancour Corporation's sadistically designed buckshot ammunition. Has buckshot-sized ammunition coated with razor sharp spikes that create a bloody mess on living targets; And cause far larger property damage.

* **005 Buckshot**: Standard buckshot universally manufactured everywhere. Has medium-small sized spherical steel pellets that scatter throughout it's target with deadly force and brutality.

* **Rosearms Slugger - 009 Slug**: Green coloured shotgun shell; Used to hunt medium-large game at short ranges by firing a single large projectile rather than a large number of smaller ones. In many populated areas, hunters are restricted to shotguns even for medium to large game, such as deer, due to concerns about the range of modern rifle bullets. However, Rosearms Inc.'s slug round is so ridiculously accurate that it has an effective range of 500 meters for a long-barreled shotgun.

* **12 Gauge SDC**: Extremely lethal shotgun round standardized by the Sacrosanct Defense Coalition, and manufactured by Rosearms Inc., Cypher Precision and Rubicon Corporation. They contain heavy-duty platinum encased 9090 Titanium Alloy spherical projectiles, combining spreadshot firepower without losing accuracy; making it viable for pump action shotguns.

* **XREP Electro**: Defined as *eXtended Range Electronic Projectile*; The XREP looks like a high-tech cartridge. That's not by accident; Rubicon Corporation designed the XREP so that military or law enforcement officers could fire one from a standard shotgun. But instead of firing pellets or a slug, they fire a miniature, self-contained Taser device capable of delivering the same *neuromuscular incapacitation* effect as a handheld Taser pistol. Has impeccable precision with any shotgun.