'Shindig'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I don't know that rifles are more evil than shotguns. Rifles are more precise than shotguns. Once the shot leaves the muzzle of a shot gun it begins to fan out, which makes it more likely that at least part of the load will hit the target. OTOH, shotguns don't have the range of rifles.
If I'm not mistaken, there's also something about thinking about using the gun, loading it, using it, and possible reloading and the time it takes with a shotgun to do all of that.
I forget, which one did Wesley occasionally use in Angel? A shotgun or a rifle? I can't really tell them apart by looking.
Calli, it looked like a rifle to me.
I can't really tell them apart by looking.
You can usually tell a shotgun by the fact that the barrell is much wider and not as long as a rifle.
OK, thanks, ChiKat.
Wesley used a shotgun.
Wes had a shotgun, IIRC.
If I'm not mistaken, there's also something about thinking about using the gun, loading it, using it, and possible reloading and the time it takes with a shotgun to do all of that.
Which is what I mean with the distinction re: automatic shotguns. Most are semi-auto which means you don't have to reload between shots but you do have to pull the trigger each time. But, IME, most semi-autos only have a five or so shell capacity.
You can usually tell a shotgun by the fact that the barrell is much wider and not as long as a rifle.
Oh -- OK, thanks! I think I'd need to see a some side by side a few times if I wanted to be sure. Since I'm in NC, I expect I could find a few. Quite possibly in one or more of the trucks in my office's parking lot.
ETA: I see dissention in the ID of Wesley's projectile weapon of choice. Ooops.
Most are semi-auto which means you don't have to reload between shots but you do have to pull the trigger each time. But, IME, most semi-autos only have a five or so shell capacity.
But the shot pattern is so wide, if you miss with a shotgun, really, a reload can't help you.
From brief googling, it looks like laws in some places (Australia, for instance) classify rifles separately from shotguns, but I can't find any indication that the US does.