Here is a summary of what you need to know about shotgun shells. Shot refers to the pellets, projectiles, inside a shotgun shell. Shot is categorized with an inverse naming system, in which smaller-sized shot carries a larger number. Though there are smaller shot sizes on the market, #...
The surprising part about shotgun ballistics is how much velocity is lost by the little ballistically inefficient shotgun pellets. The late Ed Lowry, the authority on shotshell ballistics, once published a velocity chart of different shot sizes and the results were very eye-opening. The standard...