Shot Gun v. Rifle?

[Exgineer]

This might, though.

Shotshells for guns other than shotguns.

[Berkut]

You can safely fire a .45 Colt pistol cartridge out of a .410 bore shotgun, but not the other way around.

You can safely fire a .45 Colt cartridge out of SOME .410 shotguns, not all of them! Some shotguns are designed to fire both. A lot are not, and could cause severe injury if you try.

Look for the chambering stamping on the barrel. If it doesn’t say .45, don’t try it. Seriously.

[Inigo_Montoya]

@Paul in Saudi

Shotguns are for birds. Rifles are for deer. Pistols are for people.

:: cough :: chokes on coffee…

Ushering Paul out of the room … “G’night everybody!”

[Tranquilis]

@Crafter_Man

Some shotguns have rifled barrels. They are only to be used with slugs. I have a Mossberg 500 with a rifled barrel.

Yup - That’s why I included this disclaimer in my post:

@Tranquilis

When talking firearms, all things have their exceptions.

Jinx, you’ve asked one of those wonderful “bottomless” questions that lead to all manner of learned discussion. Thanks!

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

@HPL

There’s a famous handgun made around the time of the civil war that fired 6(?) .45 bullets and then had 2nd barrel and trigger that fired a single shotgun shell.

I can’t remember what it was called.

I can’t recall either, but we’ve got one in the Tennessee State Museum’s Civil War Weapons display.

YES! I just recalled! The LeMat Revolver. A 10 shot, plus 1 shell.