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__You are in First Period, Group One and Your Topic is "Types of Firearms".__ A **rifle** is a [|firearm] with a stock and a barrel that has a spiral groove or grooves ("[|rifling]") cut into its interior.



1. **Semi-autos** use part of the energy produced by gun powder to remove the used cartridge from the chamber and loads a new cartridge into the chamber, and now the pistol is ready for the next shot.

2.Bullets are usually fed from a clip located in the pistol's handle.

3.The Clip may contain up to 15 cartridges depending on the pistol model, and they are very quick and easy to reload.



Semi-automatic shotguns
To use advantages of both pump and semi-auto designs, some manufacturers designed select-action shotgun pellets. The [|shot] is usually fired from a [|smoothbore] [|barrel]; another configuration being the rifled [|"slug" barrel], which is used to fire a single projectile. Compared to many [|bullets], the energy of any one ball of [|shot] is fairly low, comparable to that of an .22LR, making shotguns useful primarily for hunting birds and other small [|game]. However, the large number of projectiles makes the shotgun, with larger shot, useful as a close-combat [|weapon] or [|defensive weapon], where the short range ensures that many of the projectiles of [|shot] will hit the target (see [|riot shotgun] and [|combat shotgun]). [|Ammunition] for shotguns is referred to as [|shotgun shells], shotshells, or just shells (when it is not likely to be confused with [|artillery shells]). Single projectile loads are generally called [|shotgun slugs] or just slugs. Aside from the most common use against small, fast moving targets, the shotgun has several advantages when used against still targets. First, it has enormous [|stopping power] at short range, more than nearly all [|handguns] and comparable to most [|rifle] cartridges. The wide spread of shot produced by the gun makes it easier to aim and to be used by inexperienced [|marksmen]. A typical self-defense load of [|buckshot] contains 8-12 large lead pellets, resulting in many wound tracks in the target.
 * Semi-automatic** shotguns can use several different actions Semi-autos usually have less recoil (especially gas-operated ones), and higher rate of fire, but somewhat more sensitive to the loads selection. The firepower, offered by semi-automatic shotguns, is especially useful for quicker shooting, where short-range are usually rapid, and the amount of firepower used in a short period of time is essential to what you are shooting at