Slugs are generaly fired from a shotgun either one large piece of lead or several smaller caliber pieces. While a bullet generally has a brass jacket surrounding the lead, and is fired from rifles and handguns.
slug n 1: a projectile that is fired from a gun syn: bullet or Slug, v. i. To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Oct 09 2001, 11:22 PM
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A slug in the UK can be:- 1) a terrestrial gastropod of the family Limacidae having an elongated body with no shell (homeless snail). 2) the smooth larva of certain insects, especially the sawfly. Also called the slugworm. 3) A lazy person, a sluggard It comes from Middle English SLUGGE, slow person or animal.
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