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This is a shotgun shell. This shell is used for hunting doves and quail and contains small pellets called shot. When fired these pellets spread out to better ensure an impact on a target. Shot sizes are demarcated by numbers; the larger the number the smaller the shot.
Once shot becomes larger than a certain size it is called buckshot. As you can well imagine from the name, buckshot is used to kill deer. To give you an idea from smallest to largest, the sizes and diameters of buckshot are as follows:
#4 buckshot 6.10mm/.24in (approx # of pellets in 1oz. of shot = 21),
#3 buckshot 6.35mm/.25in (approx # of pellets in 1oz. of shot = 19),
#2 buckshot 6.86mm/.27in (approx # of pellets in 1oz. of shot = 15),
#1 buckshot 7.62mm/.30in (approx # of pellets in 1oz. of shot = 11),
0 buckshot 8.13mm/.32in (approx # of pellets in 1oz. of shot = 9),
00 buckshot 8.38mm/.33in (approx # of pellets in 1oz. of shot = 8),
000 buckshot 9.14mm/.36in (approx # of pellets in 1oz. of shot = 6.2).
0 is pronounced “ought” so the sizes read “ought buckshot,” “double ought buckshot,” and “triple ought buckshot” respectively.
The lower picture demonstrates the amount of pellets (not buckshot) contained in one shell.
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Posted/Updated: 9/27/04
