About how far does a shotgun shell travel?

Answer 1

The contents of the shell's range will depend generally on what shot size. There is actually a simple formula to work out the maximum range of shotgun pellets by using the pellet size. I will try and remember it.

basically the smaller the pellet the less distance it will travel since as spheres get smaller their ballistic coefficient reduces. In other words their ability to maintain velocity while undergoing air resistance gets less and they lose speed faster.

A shotgun solid slug is separate from the formula and would go over 1500yards depending on type I would say, if fired at 40degrees elevation or so.

Larger shotsizes like buckshot might make 1000 yards with the correct elevation.

Birdshot and light hunting sizes no.2 or no.5 shot I think will make it a couple hundred yards at maximum elevation from memory.

and the light stuff down to like no.9 or the 'dust sizes' only a couple hundred feet.

This is not the effective range of the shotgun for hunting by the way. The effective ranges of the shotgun are generally 20-50 times less than these ranges. Around 50-60 yards or so with shotloads.

The ranges above are maximums for if you fired the shotgun up at a maximum elevation and how far the luckiest pellet would go before it was skidding along the ground.

Answer 2

Not far without the assistance of a hand, shopping cart, automobile, hand, and finally the extractor/ejector of a shotgun. Then either to the loading bench or garbage pail.

If you mean, how far does the projectile(s) go, that depends on the shot/slug size.

7 1/2 and smaller will fall around and under 300 yards. 6 and larger will go 300 yards plus. Shotgun slugs are good to fly probably in excess of 800 yards. These of course are not effective ranges, simply where they fall back to earth if fired at a 45 or so degree angle.

Answer 3

Shotgun Pellet Chart

Answer 4

about 3 feet as it hits the floor. A shotgun shell does not travel at all, it is ejected. The shotload or what is inside the shot can travel pretty far. Officially it is supposted to travel at a lethal range of 300 yards. you will find gravity will make the lumbering shotgun shot or slug fall rather quickly before it can get very much distance.

Answer 5

Depends on if you are using a single or double barrel, pump, or automatic. The singles and doubles typically extract the shell just far enough for you to get a hold of it to pull it out.
Pumps vary with how vigorous you work the action, some times going five or six feet. The autos shuck the shell quite vigorously and will go to ten feet sometimes. If you reload your shells, the single or double would be best, the auto has a tendency to lose them in the high grass.

Answer 6

Depends on the power of the load in the shotgun. My Remington 1100 will toss #4 hulls about three feet. My pump 870, if pump hard, will to about two feet.

Odd question. . .

Answer 7

Correct answer, Mitch 321.
The meening of the question is understood.
The other answers were posted by those with both a lack of knowlede of ballistics and maturity.
Note how they jump on the same bandwagon, lacking the intelligence to formulate their own answers.

Answer 8

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Does your shotgun have a choke? And what barrel length do you have? From what you have givin; Id personally say its for bird huntin and they probably would go to 40yards.

Answer 9

more then 1 km