Shotguns differ in two major ways from other firearms: shotgun barrels are usually not rifled but are smoothbore and fire a different type of ammunition consisting of many lead pellets, rifled slugs, sabots or shot.

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Shotguns are typically smoothbore and fire shot, slugs, or sabots, while other firearms such as rifles and handguns have rifled barrels and fire single bullets.

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