Shotgun

A shotgun (also known as a scattergun and peppergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug. Shotguns come in a wide variety of sizes, ranging from 5.5 mm (.22 inch) bore up to 5 cm (2.0 in) bore, and in a range of firearm operating mechanisms, including breech loading, single-barreled, double or combination gun, pump-action, bolt-, and lever-action, semi-automatic, and even fully automatic variants.

A shotgun is generally a smoothbore firearm, which means that the inside of the barrel is not rifled. Preceding smoothbore firearms, such as the musket, were widely used by armies in the 18th century. The direct ancestor to the shotgun, the blunderbuss, was also used in a similar variety of roles from self defence to riot control. It was often used by cavalry troops due to its generally shorter length and ease of use, as well as by coachmen for its substantial power. However, in the 19th century, these weapons were largely replaced on the battlefield with breechloading rifled firearms, which were more accurate over longer ranges. The military value of shotguns was rediscovered in the First World War, when American forces used 12-gauge pump action shotguns in close-quarters trench fighting to great effect. Since then, it has been used in a variety of roles in civilian, law enforcement, and military applications.

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Sabra

Sabre

Sabre I

The first Sabre was a former knife thrower named Paul Richarde until he was selected by Modred to oppose Black Knight. Paul Richarde was given an armor, an animated gargoyle. and Mordred's Ebony Dagger (the weapon with which Mordred had killed the first Black Knight). He was defeated by Black Knight after his horse Aragorn kicked the dagger from Le Sabre's hand.

Sabre II

The second Sabre is a mutant super villain. His first appearance was in X-Men #106. Young and reckless, Sabre was chosen by Mystique to join her new Brotherhood of Mutants, though never actually participated in any missions. He had the mutant ability of super speed, and took the name of the deceased Super Sabre. It is unknown if he continues to serve Mystique behind the scenes, or if he even retains his powers after Decimation. Hyper-accelerated metabolism augments his natural speed, reflexes, coordination, endurance, and the healing properties of his body.

Shotgun (novel)

Shotgun is the twenty third 87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain.

Brief plot summary

Would you kill someone for love? Someone did. A man and a woman die from shotgun wounds. Kling's girlfriend says she would, and Carella won't answer.

Reception

The New York Times Book Review wrote that Shotgun was similar to McBain's previous book, Fuzz, in its more lighthearted approach to the police procedural. However, the reviewer, Allen Hubin, found the work inferior, with a fragmented plot and the humor not as funny. Nevertheless, Hubin said it compared favorable with other recent "fun novels".

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Boozed

Boozed is a rock 'n' roll band from the north German town of Bramsche. They were formed in 2001 of five at that time on the average of 16-year-olds, first as AC/DC cover band . Afterwards they started to write increasingly their own songs. Their style shows a mixture of well-known bands such as Motörhead, Rolling Stones, Gluecifer and naturally AC/DC .Markus Strothmann, Klaas Ukena, Marvin Drosten, Michael Ponert and Tim Mischke have been since 2001 to over 250 national and international shows among other things with bands like Turbonegro,Donots, Heideroosjes, Gluecifer, The Hellacopters,Beatsteaks, Peter Pan Speedrock,The Flaming Sideburns, Rose Tattoo and in 2009 they support the American hardrock act Monster Magnet. They have played on numerous festivals like Hurricane, Taubertal and Rheinkultur. After a rather average season in 2007, some concerts and festivals had to be cancelled, Boozed separated from guitarist Marvin Drosten due to his weak health at the beginning of 2008 and was replaced with Nico Choczko. That wasn’t easy, as the band members were pretty close friends, but looking back, it seems to have been the right decision for the band.