16+ Buckshot Meaning Images. (chiefly us) lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. Large size of shot used for killing deer and other large game, 1776, from buck (n.1) + shot (n.).

'larger shot, like buckshot, is made by the cold heading or swaging process in which calibrated segments of lead wire are fed into a die and then sized into spheres by two hemispherical punches.' Large lead shot for shotgun shells. Video shows what buckshot means.

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Buckshot consists of pieces of lead fired from a gun when hunting animals. Buckshot definition, a large size of lead shot used in shotgun shells for hunting game, as buckshot hailed from a hundred guns, and the poker fell, but soon it came again and this time flat upon the gun. There are 27 pellets in one round of #4 buckshot. Buckshot consists of pieces of lead fired from a gun when hunting animals.