Swartklip's Club loads all have a
MV of 380 m/sec. (1, 247 fps), except
the #9s which reach 400 m/sec. (1,312
fps). The more impressive high-brass
35 gram Game loads in actual fact
toddle along at a quite sedate MV of
370 m/sec. (1, 214 fps). from http://www.wingshooters.co.za/pdf/articles/HighSpeedAmmo-Duff.pdf
Pellets or slugs. shotguns usually shoot shot or pellets, but you can shoot slugs. in Indiana we use a shotgun to hunt deer and use shotgun slugs, better to use a barrel with no choke in it. cylinder bore preferred.
Lead
Barrel
Lead
Barrel
Tubes that constrict the column of shotgun pellets as they exit the barrel
Ducks are hunted with a shotgun. The speed and size of a duck would make it virtually impossible to hit with a single bullet or pellet, when in flight. A shotgun uses lots of tiny pellets that spread out in area from the gun, giving the hunter more chance of hitting the target, these tiny pellets also have less of a destructive effect on the birds, which are usually eaten.
Note: The shotgun does not have "bullets" it has shells which are the casings and generally pellets inside the casing (of different gauge's); the number of pellets vary according to the gauge or size of the pellet. The smaller the pellet, the more there are of them.
@170 pellets per oz. Good for phesant.
air soft pellets
Steel or lead pellets... you know, the stuff they already come loaded with.
In general. a rifle fires a single projectile that is designed to be spun by the grooves inside the gun barrel. A shotgun fires a much larger diameter shell. This is filled with multiple round lead pellets. The weight of all the pellets in one shell is usually greater than the weight of a rifle bullet, but they do not travel as fast, and are not meant to be spun when fired.