Are shotguns overpowered in real life?

[R1ch4rd N1x0n]

Nearly every game I have played, shotguns are very powerful, normally a one shot kill or injure, even to the legs, are shotguns really this powerful in real life? Or does the extreme recoil of shotguns make them NOT so powerful?

If you were to shoot someone that is five feet away from you in the chest with a shotgun, would it be as powerful as video games make them out to be?

P.S. I have shot a shotgun before but I haven't actually shot a person with one so that's kind of why I am asking this.

[Arya]

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İlk olarak 狼 Wolfey ☯ tarafından gönderildi:

What's the accuracy like with a Slug? I mean, assuming you're a competant shooter with good vision and using a shotgun with a rifled slug and barrel, good quality ammo and a clear day. Target is 100 feet away - would you stand a decent chance of hitting it with the first shot on skill alone?

Yeah. I don't see 33 yards being a real issue, as you can group shots withing a few inches at 100. With a rifled barrel, it pretty much turns the shotgun into a powerful short range rifle.

Of course, I don't hunt, and if I was forced to shoot at range, I would certainly select something different.

Thanks. I was wondering.

[Bluemenkranz]

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İlk olarak 狼 Wolfey ☯ tarafından gönderildi:

Overpowered against ants and spiders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZvT3MHpffk

dead

[Vincent]

Well 1 pellet is all it takes to kill someone if it hits the head, so even blind fire could take you somewhere.
Also if you fire point blank, which I assume you to fire behind him, you would clean his head off.

[ostar]

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If you were to shoot someone that is five feet away from you in the chest with a shotgun, would it be as powerful as video games make them out to be?

Depends what game or how powerful you're talking about.

It doesn't throw people back, even a little bit.

Go watch the mythbusters episode on it for proof.

[s]

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İlk olarak Metalbones1 💀 tarafından gönderildi:

If you were to shoot someone that is five feet away from you in the chest with a shotgun, would it be as powerful as video games make them out to be?

Depends what game or how powerful you're talking about.

It doesn't throw people back, even a little bit.

Go watch the mythbusters episode on it for proof.

yea it doesnt I saw an isis execution vid where the dude shoots a guys head at point blank, his head turns all mushy and an eyeball flies out but there isn't really any impact that pushes him back

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

İlk olarak 狼 Wolfey ☯ tarafından gönderildi:

A lot of guns behave differently IRL to how they do in video games. Shotguns aren't even the most extreme example.

For example, RPGs have a vastly higher muzzle velocity in reality. It's still slow relative to a high-power rifle, but still faster than your eye can track let alone something you can step out of the way of.

Blame Hollywood, it's always people flying 3m backwards from shotgun blast or reacting to RPG by jumping away from blast or running away from rocket...
Shotgun wont make you fly backwards like you got hit by a car and RPG shot is over in a blink, there wont be any reacting to it unless you are Flash or Superman.

[Exiled Alchemist]

If it's an AA12 then yes it can be very powerful and deadly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV379084djs

[Zefar]

If you want a game that portrays shotgun really well, just play the first Crysis and then change the fire mode to tight spread instead of large spread.

As for how accurate shotguns are, well people are using them to shoot some small clay disc that are sent flying at great speed with bird shots.

[peppermint hollows]

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I can only assume 5.56, 6.8 and 7.62 calibre Rifles are also a lot deadlier than video games make them out to be.

Counterstrike and Call of Duty portray them as hopeless weapons. They jump around like a child is holding them, and it takes half a magazine to kill a terrorist wearing a T-Shirt at five feet. Just Cause 3 is even more unkind - the Sig 556 takes a full mag and a half to bring down an armoured soldier.

Well of course, in general video games show weapons to be a lot less lethal than they really are.
They also tend to force you to use fully automatic firing modes with no option for switching. I assume this is for balance reasons. However, the truth is these rifles are usually selective-fire in real life and can be switched between semi-automatic, fully-automatic, and sometimes even burst-fire modes.

[Fritz]

Well, I would say yes. It's extremely effective, and requires less precision to your aim. Not to mention it's violent result after getting shot, especially from a slug.

[Vince ✟]

We reload shells with rock salt. Makes for a good reminder not to come back if you catch one of those in the ass.

[Captain Morgan]

Yes, of course shotguns is overpowered! The wild game that hunters kill, are very hard skinned animals, with thick layers of fat, strong muscles and solid bones; they need tremendous power to pierce, wound and ultimately, kill. Imagine a wild boar, for example, or a big bear... Of course shotguns are overpowered, when they can fell such stinkers; sometimes, even at the very first shot...

[Vincent]

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We reload shells with rock salt. Makes for a good reminder not to come back if you catch one of those in the ass.

It's not lethal so it's always legal.
Unless, of course, you shot him in the head.

[100% lob juice]

Shotguns are usually much better in real life than in videogames because they actually have quite decent range

Watch some of Hickok 45's videos on demonstrating the range of slugs

[theHouleigan]

I know how strong a real shotgun is, I have 4 of them.