A shotgun is a long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge known as a shotshell, which discharges numerous small spherical projectiles called shot, or a single solid projectile
A pump-action Remington 870, two semi-automatic Remington 1100 shotguns, 20 boxes of shotgun shells, a clay trap, and three boxes of clay pigeons
A Confederate cavalryman during the American Civil War
A United States Marine carrying a Winchester M97 shotgun during World War II
A view of the break-action of a side-by-side, and an over-and-under double-barreled shotgun, both shown with the action open
A combat shotgun is a shotgun issued by militaries for warfare. The earliest shotguns specifically designed for combat were the trench guns or trench shotguns issued in World War I. While limited in r
A group of US Marines in Iraq in 2005, armed with a combat shotgun, assault rifle, and squad automatic weapon
A Mossberg 590 being used by a US Marine for door breaching in Karma, Iraq, in 2005