He knew of black powder from the big navy guns and went on to tell me about it having the same burn rate inside of a gun, as it also would have when laying out on the open ground. He went on to say that all of the early shotshells (and other early ammo) were loaded with this...
In shooting shot are the pellets in a shotgun shell, but a shot is defined as the discharge of a firearm. Arguably one of the most famous movie shots, pun intended, was the closing scene in the 12 minute long 1903 Edison Company film The Great Train Robbery, when actor Justus C. ...