How do you build a shotgun?

Answer 1

Unless you have special skills and some special equipment, you probably don't. All the components in the breech must be well made or the weapon will blow up when you fire it. It would be easy to get killed, and even easier to get injured. Or you might just kill or injure someone else. There are real world consequences for failure on a real world project like this. Before attempting a build of any weapon, do some reading and think things through. Sometimes we want the "finished product" and think by building it ourselves we can have it when we otherwise couldn't afford it. We might just want the experience. In either case, read and think through the requirements of the project. And talk to some people who know more than a bit about it. Building a shotgun from scratch is like, say, building a motor for your car from scratch. Start with a block of iron or aluminum and mill the block out.... You get the picture.