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Shot is a general term for projectiles launched from firearms, or possibly rockets, which are made of solid material rather than a filled warhead. Shotguns, while they can fire solid slugs, usually fire multiple pellets from one propelling cartridge. Larger artillery pieces may also fire solid projectiles; this was the first type of ammunition for artillery, and still has a role in certain applications against armor.

The term is also used to refer to a single firing of a firearm, and as a measure of alcoholic beverages (e.g., a "shot" of tequila).

While shot ammunition is most commonly spherical, various dart-shaped variants are used in certain modern ammunition types. Armor-piercing, fin-stabilized, discarding-sabot solid projectiles are the main round fired by tank guns of production tanks of all nations except the U.K. Flechettes are small darts used in antipersonnel ammunition.

## Shot numbers[edit]

In the U.S., the number of pellets in a given type of shotgun shell is defined by a shot number. There are two series, birdshot and the larger buckshot. In general, the larger the number, the smaller the pellet.

Birdshot[1] Shot number  | Diameter in inches (caliber)  | Number of lead pellets per pound  | Number of steel pellets per pound

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12  | .05  | 2,385  | N/A
9  | .08  | 586  | N/A
8  | .09  | 410  | 577
8  | .09  | 410  | 577
7 1/2  | .095  | 350  | 490
7  | .10  | 300  | 425
6  | .11  | 225  | 317
5  | .12  | 170  | 243
4  | .13  | 135  | 192
3  | .14  | N/A  | 154
2  | .15  | 90  | 125
1  | .16  | N/A  | 103
B  | .17  | N/A  | 86
BB  | .18  | 50  | 72
BBB  | .19  | N/A  | 61
T  | .20  | N/A  | 53
Buckshot Size  | Diameter (caliber)  | Number per pound

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4  | .24  |
3  | .25  |
1  | .30  |
0  | .32  |
00  | .33  |
000  | .36  |

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Today's Hunter in Idaho