Guns and gunning . CHAPTER III The Shotgun THE shotgun now-a-days is purely a sportingarm. Being a short-range weapon it is oflittle use in big-game shooting in open coun-try. By this I do not mean that the shotgun doesnot shoot hard; at short ranges it is a powerfulweapon, and loaded with ball or buck-shot, at mod-erate distances, it is as deadly as the rifle. It isthe extreme long range of the modern rifle that hasrelegated the shotgun to the position of a small-game arm. The gauges commonly used in shotguns varyfrom the light 16-gauge, up to the heavy 10-gaugeduck guns. The 16-gauge is a ve
Guns and gunning . CHAPTER III The Shotgun THE shotgun now-a-days is purely a sportingarm. Being a short-range weapon it is oflittle use in big-game shooting in open coun-try. By this I do not mean that the shotgun doesnot shoot hard; at short ranges it is a powerfulweapon, and loaded with ball or buck-shot, at mod-erate distances, it is as deadly as the rifle. It isthe extreme long range of the modern rifle that hasrelegated the shotgun to the position of a small-game arm. The gauges commonly used in shotguns varyfrom the light 16-gauge, up to the heavy 10-gaugeduck guns. The 16-gauge is a very light gun, andit is usually used for quail and snipe shooting; butsome good duck shots use it. It is a satisfactorygauge for upland shooting. The 1 2-gauge is themost popular gun used, as it is strong enough forany game, and is still light enough for quick shoot-ing. The 10-gauge is purely a duck or goose gun,as it is too heavy to use in snap shooting in thickcover. 33 There has always been a controversy on ther
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