8-Gauge Magnum: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Shotshell hippo.png|thumb|100px|right|The 8 gauge 3.5" magnum shotgun shell.]]

[[File:Ammo_-Shotgun.png|thumb|100px|The M90 round from ''[[The Art of Halo 3]]''.]]

The '''Soellkraft 8-Gauge Shell''' is used primarily in [[Weapon System Technologies]]' [[DTM Series]] [[Shotgun]]s.  

This shell uses an extremely large gauge not used in the modern [[shotgun]], the reason being 10 and 12 gauge shells are viewed as being powerful enough for almost all the uses of a shotgun. In the [[Halo universe]], the 8 gauge shell was reborn as the Soellkraft Hippo 8 gauge [[magnum]] round.

The reason that the 8-gauge shell is almost extinct in the real world is because it was considered a "destructive device" and subsequently banned in major countries, with the exception of a few who still use the gun for water fowling, but they were not very popular as 8-gauge black powder shotguns were far too large and clumsy to be used effectively (although they saw a large market in water fowling industries and boiler cleaning cannon slugs). Also firearms studies have found that the modern 12 and 10 gauge magnum shells are far more powerful opposed to an 8-gauge shell from one hundred years ago, due to better modern manufacturing techniques.

*The hippo on the outside of the casing was included as a gift to [[Matt Soell]], a former employee and Community manager of [[Bungie Studios]] with an obsession with hippos ([[Hippo in Halo]]), and so the shell is named after him.

*The outline of a hippo can be seen on the outside of the casing by looking at a spent shell through the [[Sniper Rifle]]'s scope, suggesting the name.

*In a Bungie update on [[UNSC]] weapons, the shell dimensions for the [[M90 Shotgun]] are listed as 8 gauge 3.75", and may be a typo, but might also suggest the round used in the ''[[Halo 3]]'' model use even larger magnum rounds than the normal 3.5" shells.

*[[Weapon System Technologies]]

*[[DTM Series]]

*[[M45 Tactical Shotgun]]