# 12-gauge shotguns

*/Products/12-gauge_shotguns*

Police or security shotguns

## Product Bo M

**Input To**:
- [Retail Distribution](/Processes/Retail_Distribution)
**Summary**: A 12-gauge smoothbore sporting and hunting shotgun, a shoulder-fired long arm built around a steel barrel and receiver chambered for 12-gauge shotshells; it is assembled from a barrel, action, and stock set and feeds into retail sporting-goods inventory up the chain.
**Output Of**:
- [Firearm Machining](/Processes/Firearm_Machining)
- [Final Assembly and Proofing](/Processes/Final_Assembly_and_Proofing)
**Components**:
- Name: Shotgun Barrel · Quantity Note: smoothbore bore, one or two per gun depending on configuration · Required Input: Steel Billet
- Name: Receiver · Quantity Note: houses the firing mechanism · Required Input: Forged Steel
- Name: Gunstock · Quantity Note: buttstock and fore-end, wood or polymer · Required Input: Walnut Wood
- Name: Trigger Assembly · Quantity Note: fire-control group · Required Input: 
- Name: Recoil Spring · Quantity Note: cycles the action · Required Input: Spring Steel
- Name: Magazine Tube · Quantity Note: shell storage on repeating models · Required Input: Steel Tube
**Packaged In**:
- [Hard Carry Case](/Products/Hard_Carry_Case)
- [Cardboard Gun Box](/Products/Cardboard_Gun_Box)
**By Product Of**:
- [Metal Machining Swarf](/Products/Metal_Machining_Swarf)
**Described By**:
- [Serial Number Registry Record](/Datasets/Serial_Number_Registry_Record)
**Warranted By**:
- [Manufacturer Warranty Plan](/Services/Manufacturer_Warranty_Plan)
**Physical Good**: true
**Produced With**:
- [CNC Machining Center](/Products/CNC_Machining_Center)
- [Barrel Boring Machine](/Products/Barrel_Boring_Machine)
- [Bluing Tank](/Products/Bluing_Tank)
- [Assembly Bench](/Products/Assembly_Bench)
**Assembled From**:
- [Barrel Assembly](/Products/Barrel_Assembly)
- [Receiver and Action Group](/Products/Receiver_and_Action_Group)
- [Stock Set](/Products/Stock_Set)
**Consumes To Make**:
- [Bluing Solution](/Products/Bluing_Solution)
- [Cutting Fluid](/Products/Cutting_Fluid)
- [Protective Coating](/Products/Protective_Coating)
**Has Measurement**:
- [Bore Diameter](/Metrics/Bore_Diameter)
- [Chamber Length](/Metrics/Chamber_Length)
- [Choke Constriction](/Metrics/Choke_Constriction)
- [Proof Pressure Rating](/Metrics/Proof_Pressure_Rating)
**Transforms Into**:
- [Retail Sporting Goods Inventory](/Products/Retail_Sporting_Goods_Inventory)

## Neighborhood

### Parent

- [Police or security shotguns](/Products/Police_or_security_shotguns) — parent · Products

### Siblings

- [Law enforcement shotguns](/Products/Law_enforcement_shotguns) — siblings · Products
- [Police shotguns](/Products/Police_shotguns) — siblings · Products
- [Shotguns](/Products/Shotguns) — siblings · Products

### Who uses this

- [Fish and Game Wardens](/Occupations/Fish_and_Game_Wardens) — uses · Occupations

### Warranted by

- [Manufacturer Product Warranty](/Services/Manufacturer_Product_Warranty) — warranted by · Services

### Input to

- [Retail Product Distribution](/Processes/Retail_Product_Distribution) — input to · Processes

### Output of

- [Final Assembly and Run-Off](/Processes/Final_Assembly_and_Run-Off) — output of · Processes
- [Firearm Machining](/Processes/Firearm_Machining) — output of · Processes

### Assembled from

- [Receiver and Action Assembly](/Products/Receiver_and_Action_Assembly) — assembled from · Products
- [Stock Set](/Products/Stock_Set) — assembled from · Products
- [Barrel Assembly](/Products/Barrel_Assembly) — assembled from · Products

### By product of

- [Machining Chips](/Products/Machining_Chips) — by product of · Products

### Packaged in

- [Cardboard Firearm Box](/Products/Cardboard_Firearm_Box) — packaged in · Products
- [Hard Carry Case](/Products/Hard_Carry_Case) — packaged in · Products

### Composed of

- [Gun Stock](/Products/Gun_Stock) — composed of · Products
- [Magazine Tube](/Products/Magazine_Tube) — composed of · Products
- [Recoil Spring](/Products/Recoil_Spring) — composed of · Products
- [Trigger Assembly](/Products/Trigger_Assembly) — composed of · Products
- [Receiver](/Products/Receiver) — composed of · Products
- [Shotgun Barrel](/Products/Shotgun_Barrel) — composed of · Products

### Consumes

- [Cutting Coolant](/Products/Cutting_Coolant) — consumes · Products
- [Protective Coating](/Products/Protective_Coating) — consumes · Products
- [Bluing Solution](/Products/Bluing_Solution) — consumes · Products

### Produced with

- [Cnc Machining Center](/Products/Cnc_Machining_Center) — produced with · Products
- [Assembly Bench](/Products/Assembly_Bench) — produced with · Products
- [Bluing Tank](/Products/Bluing_Tank) — produced with · Products
- [Barrel Boring Machine](/Products/Barrel_Boring_Machine) — produced with · Products

### Measured by

- [Proof Pressure](/Metrics/Proof_Pressure) — measured by · Metrics
- [Choke Constriction](/Metrics/Choke_Constriction) — measured by · Metrics
- [Chamber Length](/Metrics/Chamber_Length) — measured by · Metrics
- [Bore Diameter](/Metrics/Bore_Diameter) — measured by · Metrics

### Problems this exposes

- [choke selection mismatched to shot pattern at intended range](/Problems/choke_selection_mismatched_to_shot_pattern_at_intended_range) — exposes problem · Problems
- [FFL serialization, transfer, and inventory compliance burden](/Problems/FFL_serialization,_transfer,_and_inventory_compliance_burden) — exposes problem · Problems
- [recoil management and felt-recoil for lighter-frame shooters](/Problems/recoil_management_and_felt-recoil_for_lighter-frame_shooters) — exposes problem · Problems
- [shell-length/chamber compatibility (2.75 vs 3 inch) feeding faults](/Problems/shell-length%2Fchamber_compatibility_(2.75_vs_3_inch)_feeding_faults) — exposes problem · Problems

### Described by

- [Serial Number Registry Record](/Datasets/Serial_Number_Registry_Record) — described by · Datasets

### Transforms into

- [Retail Sporting Goods Inventory](/Products/Retail_Sporting_Goods_Inventory) — transforms into · Products

### Requires input

- [Steel Tube](/Products/Steel_Tube) — requires input · Products
- [Spring Steel](/Products/Spring_Steel) — requires input · Products
- [Walnut Wood](/Products/Walnut_Wood) — requires input · Products
- [Forged Steel](/Products/Forged_Steel) — requires input · Products
- [Steel Billet](/Products/Steel_Billet) — requires input · Products