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When was the first ever shotgun made?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 9/28/2023

Arguably, based on the definition of "shotgun" being:

"A smoothbore gun that fires shot over short ranges"

the first muskets and handcannons were shotguns.

The first historical accounts of a firearms and cannons and the like was in China around 700 AD (CE)

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