The king of reloading styles, why is the way shotguns feed ammunition so unique?

In general, there are many ways to feed shotguns, including conventional magazines and drum magazines. There are also cartridges and other methods for feeding ammunition. In fact, in general, the reason why shotguns have so many ways to feed ammunition is largely because the bullets used in shotguns are relatively messy. First, let’s talk about shotgun bullets, except for some special ammunition and non-lethal bullets. Bullets are generally classified according to numbers such as No. 12 and No. 20. The number 12 here does not mean that there are only 12 pellets in a bullet. Rather, it says that a pound of lead is melted and then rolled into uniformly sized bullets. One pound of lead is crushed into 12 pieces, which is a 12-gauge shotgun. If you make it smaller, 20, then it is a 20-gauge shotshell. Generally speaking, 12-gauge shotgun shells are generally used for home defense because they have just enough lethality and are relatively easy to control. More importantly, it will not cause accidental injury.

The earliest shotgun was actually a folding double-barreled shotgun, which is the S686 we saw in Chicken Fight. This kind of shotgun is relatively primitive, so there is no reliable ammunition supply mechanism, so it can only adopt this method of ammunition supply. The rate of fire of this method of feeding ammunition is destined not to be too fast, but fortunately in close combat, the shotgun is lethal enough. One shot is enough to knock down a whole group of people. However, among this kind of intermediate-folding shotgun, the Germans are a wonder. They modified this shotgun with a rifle barrel, so that it can hit distant targets as well as nearby targets. Target. But only pilots use it.

The second is the pump-action shotgun, which loads bullets by pushing and pulling the pump. Bullets are stored in cartridges beneath the barrel. In fact, the S1897 in the chicken game is the most classic. This gun was also the standard weapon of the US military in World War I and World War II. It is known as the trench cleaner. After entering the trench, shoot once on the left and once on the right, and then you can charge confidently and boldly. In that era when submachine guns were imperfect, shotguns were a rare close combat weapon. In fact, there is another type of shotgun loaded with cartridges, and that is the shotgun in the hands of the Terminator. Adopts lever type ammunition supply. Compared to cylinder-type shotguns, lever-type shotguns have a faster rate of fire. And if the user's arm strength allows, it can be used with one hand. However, there is a problem with barrel loading, that is, the ammunition capacity cannot be expanded, and it is closely related to the length of the barrel.

So people developed shotguns using magazines based on the shortcomings of the cartridge tube. We all know that the S12K can use extended magazines. But in fact, the S12K can also use drum drums. The prototype of this shotgun is the Russian Vepr12 semi-automatic shotgun. Compared with the striker's semi-automatic shotgun, which is fun to fire and reloads in the crematorium, the Vepr12 is truly fun to fire and reload. Compared with the semi-automatic Vepr12, the firepower of the AA-12 fully automatic shotgun is even more amazing. It can be said that there is no living thing under the real crosshairs. And as a shotgun, the AA-12 can also fire grenades, which is incredibly lethal. However, because the army believed that the shotgun had no practical significance, and the grenade fired by the AA-12 was low in power, it was not adopted. Only some police forces purchased them at their own expense.