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Definition of Shotgun shell
1. Noun. A shell containing lead shot; used in shotguns.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shotgun Shell
Literary usage of Shotgun shell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1899)
"Did you ever try to shoot a smokeless shotgun shell that was not crimped? ...
Should you load a shotgun shell with 3 drams of smokeless rifle powder, wad, ..."
2. Federal Firearms Regulations by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"... and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made
or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to ..."
3. State Laws and Ordinances on Firearms by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"(B) A firearm which has an overall length.of less than 26 inches and which is
designed or redesigned to fire a fixed shotgun shell. (C) Any weapon made from ..."
4. Dangerous Weapons Control Law 1991 (1993)
"(D) Any device which may be readily restored to fire a fixed shotgun shell which,
when so restored, is a device defined in subparagraphs (A) to (C), ..."
5. Commerce in Firearms in the U.Sedited by Bradley A. Buckles edited by Bradley A. Buckles (2000)
"(e) SHOTGUN - A firearm designed and intended to be fired from the shoulder and
using a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore. ..."
6. The Tiger's Child by John Neu (2006)
"One bulging eye stared at them. "God in heaven," Harry whispered. Will telt the
brass edge of the shotgun shell cut into his palm as ..."
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