What does shotgun mean?

a long gun that fires a large number of small metal bullets at one time, used esp. for hunting. (Definition of shotgun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary,best shotguns for home defense, shotgun online store, $100 shotguns for sale used, types of shotguns

What bullet does a shotgun shoot?

In that case, we can categorize nearly all shotgun ammunition into one of three categories: birdshot, buckshot, or slugs.

A birdshot shotshell is a (usually) plastic outer hull filled with tiny metal pellets of various sizes, ranging from FF (. 23 inches in diameter) on the larger end of the spectrum to #12 shot, $100 shotguns for sale used, types shotgun online store