Comments on: Having a short barrel doesn’t mean the pattern will be huge https://www.isegoria.net/2018/05/having-a-short-barrel-doesnt-mean-the-pattern-will-be-huge/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:05:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Married Worker https://www.isegoria.net/2018/05/having-a-short-barrel-doesnt-mean-the-pattern-will-be-huge/comment-page-1/#comment-2630933 Married Worker Fri, 11 May 2018 14:57:53 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43434#comment-2630933 Did this myth get started with Doom?

The largest “real” (read: “contrived”) shotgun spread I’ve ever heard of comes from using a rifled slug barrel with shot, and even that only gave a spread of under 2.5 inches per yard:

https://www.theboxotruth.com/the-box-o-truth-43-buckshot-in-a-rifled-shotgun-barrel/

But the original Doom shotgun had a spread that averaged 6 degrees (over 3.5″ per yard) and could go up to 10 (over 6″ per yard):

http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Shotgun

And some later installments went completely insane: Doom 3 single player cranked the spread up to 22 degrees (nearly 14″ per yard!)

http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Shotgun_(Doom_3)

]]> By: Kirk https://www.isegoria.net/2018/05/having-a-short-barrel-doesnt-mean-the-pattern-will-be-huge/comment-page-1/#comment-2630560 Kirk Mon, 07 May 2018 20:35:33 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43434#comment-2630560 Those are the sorts of patterns I get out of my own M1 Benelli with the standard barrel, FWIW.

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